Description:Drawing on a range of philosophical theories to explore the importance of nature/landscape in film, this study shows how Hollywood uses and promotes a range of ecological ideas and debates. The author provides detailed readings of a wide number of films from the 1950s to the present day, from nature films, which explicitly foreground ecology, to more pervasive westerns, road movies and science fiction pictures. Films analysed include "Jurassic Park," "Alien," "Blade Runner," "The Mosquito Coast," "Twister" and "Contact."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Hollywood Utopia: Ecology in Contemporary American Cinema. To get started finding Hollywood Utopia: Ecology in Contemporary American Cinema, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Hollywood Utopia: Ecology in Contemporary American Cinema
Description: Drawing on a range of philosophical theories to explore the importance of nature/landscape in film, this study shows how Hollywood uses and promotes a range of ecological ideas and debates. The author provides detailed readings of a wide number of films from the 1950s to the present day, from nature films, which explicitly foreground ecology, to more pervasive westerns, road movies and science fiction pictures. Films analysed include "Jurassic Park," "Alien," "Blade Runner," "The Mosquito Coast," "Twister" and "Contact."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Hollywood Utopia: Ecology in Contemporary American Cinema. To get started finding Hollywood Utopia: Ecology in Contemporary American Cinema, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.