Echoes of Reaganism in Hollywood Blockbuster Movies from the 1980s to the 2010s
Ben Mna, Ilias
Echoes of Reaganism in Hollywood Blockbuster Movies from the 1980s to the 2010s - Bern Peter Lang International Academic Publishing Group 2021 - 1 electronic resource (378 p.)
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This book examines the reverberations of key components of Ronald Reagan’s ideology in selected Hollywood blockbuster movies. The aim of this analysis is to provide a clearer understanding of the intertwinement of cinematic spectacles with neoliberalism and neoconservatism. The analysis comprises a dissection of Reagan’s presidential rhetoric and the examination of four seminal Hollywood blockbuster movies. The time range for analysis stretches from the 1980s until the 2010s. Among the key foci are filmic content as well as production and distribution contexts. It is concluded that Reagan’s political metaphors and the corporatization of film studios in the 1970s and 1980s continue to shape much of Hollywood blockbuster filmmaking.
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English
b17914 9783631843499 9783631843505 9783631843512 9783631837801
10.3726/b17914 doi
Film theory & criticism
Film: styles & genres
Literary studies: from c 1900 -
1980s 2010s Blockbuster cinema Echoes Film film history Hollywood Movies presidential rhetoric Reaganism US politics
Echoes of Reaganism in Hollywood Blockbuster Movies from the 1980s to the 2010s - Bern Peter Lang International Academic Publishing Group 2021 - 1 electronic resource (378 p.)
Open Access
This book examines the reverberations of key components of Ronald Reagan’s ideology in selected Hollywood blockbuster movies. The aim of this analysis is to provide a clearer understanding of the intertwinement of cinematic spectacles with neoliberalism and neoconservatism. The analysis comprises a dissection of Reagan’s presidential rhetoric and the examination of four seminal Hollywood blockbuster movies. The time range for analysis stretches from the 1980s until the 2010s. Among the key foci are filmic content as well as production and distribution contexts. It is concluded that Reagan’s political metaphors and the corporatization of film studios in the 1970s and 1980s continue to shape much of Hollywood blockbuster filmmaking.
Creative Commons
English
b17914 9783631843499 9783631843505 9783631843512 9783631837801
10.3726/b17914 doi
Film theory & criticism
Film: styles & genres
Literary studies: from c 1900 -
1980s 2010s Blockbuster cinema Echoes Film film history Hollywood Movies presidential rhetoric Reaganism US politics