The 'War on Terror' and American Film: 9/11 Frames Per Second

By Terence McSweeney

Book Overview

This compelling, theoretically informed and up-to-date exploration of contemporary American cinema charts the evolution of the impact of 9/11 on Hollywood film from Black Hawk Down (2001), through Batman Begins (2005), United 93 (2006) to Olympus Has Fallen (2013). Through a vibrant analysis of a range of genres and films - which in turn reveal a strikingly diverse array of social, historical and political perspectives - this book explores the impact of 9/11 and the war on terror on American cinema in the first decade of the new millennium and beyond.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748693092
• ISBN13: 9780748693092
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"