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vol. 6 Crisis Cinema: The Apocalyptic Idea in Postmodern Narrative Cinema Christopher Sharrett, editor Library of Congress Catalog Number PN1995.9.S6C75 284 pages Photos Publication date May 1, 1993 Library binding $39.95 ISBN 0-944624-18-9 or ISBN-13 9780944624180 Paperback $16.95 ISBN 0-944624-19-7 or ISBN-13 9780944624197
In the 1970s, 80s, and 90s, film became the site of crisis and catastrophe, a nihilism and apocalypticism devolving from the center of late capitalist civilization. These 13 critics from the U.S., Canada, and Australia examine such films as Blade Runner, Wild at Heart, Dead Ringers, Brazil, Rumble Fish, Fellini’s Cassanova, Mad Max, The Fly, Taxi Driver, and many others to reveal the cultural crisis at the fin de millennium. Ideal for course adoption in film studies, cultural studies, or popular culture.
This book is ideal for adoption in film studies classes.
Christopher Sharrett is Professor of Communication and Film Studies at Seton Hall University, USA. His work has appeared in Cineaste, Cinema Journal, Kinoeye, Film International, and elsewhere. He has written a book on the '50s TV western The Rifleman, published by Wayne State University Press. He is editor of Mythologies of Violence in Postmodern Media (Wayne State University Press, 1999).
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