Comic Book Movies

Informationen zum Autor Davis, Blair Klappentext Comic Book Movies investigates the genre’s powerful appeal to today’s moviegoers. Examining not only superhero movies, but also adaptations of indie comics and graphic novels, Blair Davis assesses their aesthetic innovations and tells how they have transformed the film industry.   Zusammenfassung Explores how this genre serves as a source for modern-day myths, sometimes even incorporating ancient mythic figures like Thor and Wonder Woman's Amazons, while engaging with the questions that haunt a post-9/11 world: How do we define heroism and morality today? How far are we willing to go when fighting terror? How can we resist a dystopian state? Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1    Genre 2    Myth 3    Politics 4    Style Acknowledgments Notes Further Reading Works Cited Films Cited Index

Product details

• Authors: Blair Davis
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9780813590097
• ISBN: 978-0-8135-9009-7
• No. of pages: 150
• Series: Quick Takes: Movies and Popula; Quick Takes: Movies and Popular Culture; Quick Takes: Movies and Popula; Quick Takes: Movies and Popular Culture; Quick Takes: Movies & Popular Culture
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet