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Hollywood Goes to Washington
Michael Coyne
其他書名
American Politics on Screen
出版
Reaktion Books
, 2008-09-30
主題
Performing Arts / General
Performing Arts / Film / General
ISBN
1861895771
9781861895776
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=36mh2mnlxVIC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
Fantasy and politics are familiar dancing partners that rarely separate, even in the face of post–Election Day realities. But Hollywood has a tradition of punching holes in the fairy tales of electoral promises with films that meditate on what could have been and should have been. With
Hollywood Goes to Washington
,Michael Coyne investigates how the American political film unravels the labyrinthine entanglements of politics and the psyche of the American electorate in order to reveal brutal truths about the state of our democracy.
From conspiracy dramas such as
The Manchurian Candidate
to satires like
Wag the Dog
,
Hollywood Goes to Washington
argues that political films in American cinema have long reflected the issues and tensions roiling within American society. Coyne elucidates the mythology, iconography, and ideology embedded in both classic and lesser-known films—including
Gabriel Over the White House
,
Silver City
,
Advise and Consent
, and
The Siege
—and examines the cinematic portrayals of presidents in the White House, the everyman American citizen, and the nebulous enemies who threaten American democracy. The author provocatively contends that whether addressing the threat of domestic fascism in
Citizen Kane
or the disillusionment of Vietnam and paranoia of the post-Watergate era in
Executive Action
, the American political film stands as an important cultural bellwether and democratic force—one that is more vital than ever in the face of decreasing civil liberties in the present-day United States.
Compelling and wholly original,
Hollywood Goes to Washington
exposes the political power of the silver screen and its ramifications for contemporary American culture.