Hollywood Action and Adventure Film

The Hollywood Action and Adventure Film presents a comprehensive overview and analysis of the history, myriad themes, and critical approaches to the action and adventure genre in American cinema.

List of contents

List of Plates vii
 
Acknowledgements xiii
 
1 Action and Adventure as Genre 1
 
2 Action and Adventure: Historical and Cultural Overview 23
 
3 Critical Perspectives on Action and Adventure 45
 
4 Silent Spectacle and Classical Adventure: The Thief of Bagdad (1924) and The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) 71
 
5 War, Violence and the American Action Hero: Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) and Hell is for Heroes (1962) 89
 
6 Violence and Urban Action: Dirty Harry (1971) 107
 
7 Nostalgic Adventure and Recycled Culture: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and Pirates of the Caribbean (2003) 121
 
8 Action Blockbusters in the 1980s: Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) and Die Hard (1988) 137
 
9 Global and Postmodern Action: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) and Kill Bill (2003) 151
 
10 Espionage Action: The Bourne Identity (2002) and Salt (2010) 165
 
11 Superhero Action Cinema 179
 
Bibilography 193
 
Index 000

Product details

• Authors: Y Tasker, Yvonne Tasker, Yvonne (University of East Anglia Tasker
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.05.2015
• EAN: 9780470659243
• ISBN: 978-0-470-65924-3
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: New Approaches to Film Genre; New Approaches to Film Genre
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Film, Kino, Filmbücher (Hintergrundwissen, -materialien) div., Hollywood, Kulturwissenschaften, Popular Culture, Cultural Studies, Film Studies, Filmforschung