Bad History and the Logics of Blockbuster Cinema: Titanic, Gangs of New York, Australia, Inglourious Basterds

By Patrick McGee

Book Overview

Introduction: Truth, History, and Counterdisciplinary Practices in Film Studies Terrible Beauties: Messianic Time and the Image of Social Redemption inJames Cameron's Titanic Infinite History: Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York and the Productionof the Inexistent 'No Dreaming, No Story, Nothing': Baz Luhrmann's Australia, theCinematic Common, and Postcolonial Discourse Conclusion: The Glorious Truth about Inglorious History in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterd

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349297143
• ISBN13: 9781349297146
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 209 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"