Screens of blood : a critical approach to film and television violence /
"Civilization seems to be moving towards the power of words over weapons. But many still believe wrongs can be righted with violence. The transition to a healthier mythology is seen in an alternative trend in depictions of violence in storytelling. This book examines this trend by comparing exa...
| Основен автор: | Desilet, Gregory E. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Jefferson, North Carolina :
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
[2014]
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Print version::
Screens of blood : a critical approach to film and television violence. |
Съдържание:
- Violence in popular film-doing it wrong and doing it right
- Django unchained: how not to do screen violence
- From Taxi driver to The brave one: what have we learned?
- The dark knight and A dark night in Aurora
- No country for old men: a violent look at violence
- The book of Eli: a violent look at violence, take two
- Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence: the ordeal of loving your enemy
- Shutter island: the ordeal of loving your enemy, take two
- Memoirs of a geisha: melodrama or tragic drama?
- Part 2: Violence in popular television-early 21st century samplings
- The Sopranos (1999-2007)
- Boardwalk empire (2010- )
- Breaking bad (2008-2013)
- The following (2013- )
- 24 (2001-2010)
- Homeland (2011- )
- The walking dead (2010- )
- The wire (2002-2008)
- The killing (2011- )
- Hell on wheels (2011- )
- Summary and conclusions
- Afterword.