Book description
Cinema Wars
explores the intersection of film, politics, and US culture and society
through a bold critical analysis of the films, TV shows, and
documentaries produced in the early 2000s
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Offers a thought-provoking depiction of Hollywood film as a
contested terrain between conservative and liberal forces
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Films and documentaries discussed include: Black Hawk
Down, The Dark Knight, Star Wars,
Syriana, WALL-E, Fahrenheit 9/11 and other
Michael Moore documentaries, amongst others
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Explores how some films in this era supported the Bush-Cheney
regime, while others criticized the administration, openly or otherwise
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Investigates Hollywood's treatment of a range of hot topics,
from terrorism and environmental crisis to the Iraq war and the
culture wars of the 2000s
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Shows how Hollywood film in the 2000s brought to life a
vibrant array of social protest and helped create cultural
conditions to elect Barack Obama
Douglas Kellner is George Kneller Chair of
Philosophy of Education at UCLA. He is the author of many books on
social theory, politics, history, and culture, including
Camera
Politica: The Politics and Ideology of Contemporary Hollywood
Film, co-authored with Michael Ryan, and
Media Spectacle and
the Crisis of Democracy. He is the co-editor of
Media and
Cultural Studies Keyworks (Wiley-Blackwell 2006). Kellner's most
recent book is
Guys and Guns Amok: Domestic Terrorism and School
Shootings from the Oklahoma City Bombings to the Virginia Tech
Massacre. His website is at www. gseis. ucla.
edu/faculty/kellner/kellner. html.
