In this volume, contributors explore recent popular movies through the lens of film theory, beginning with industrial-economic analysis before moving into a predominately aesthetic and interpretive framework. The Hollywood films discussed cover a wide range from 300 to Fifty First Dates , from Brokeback Mountain to Lord of the Rings , from Spider-Man 3 to Fahrenheit 9/11 , from Saw to Raiders of the Lost Ark , and much more. Individual essays consider such topics as the rules that govern new blockbuster ...
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In this volume, contributors explore recent popular movies through the lens of film theory, beginning with industrial-economic analysis before moving into a predominately aesthetic and interpretive framework. The Hollywood films discussed cover a wide range from 300 to Fifty First Dates , from Brokeback Mountain to Lord of the Rings , from Spider-Man 3 to Fahrenheit 9/11 , from Saw to Raiders of the Lost Ark , and much more. Individual essays consider such topics as the rules that govern new blockbuster franchises, the 'posthumanist realism' of digital cinema, video game adaptations, increasingly restricted stylistic norms, the spatial stories of social networks like YouTube, the mainstreaming of queer culture, and the cognitive paradox behind enjoyable viewing of traumatic events onscreen.
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