Screen LibraryCinema of simulation : hyperreal Hollywood in the long 1990s /
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| Published: |
Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, lnc.,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: |
2016. ©2015 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First paperback edition. |
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| Carrier Form: | vii, 257 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references, filmography (pages [247]-251) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781501320033 (paperback) : 1501320033 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | PN1995 |
| CLC: | J90-02 |
| Call Number: | J90-02/L189 |
| Contents: | Introduction : The hyperreal theme in 1990s' American cinema -- Back to the future as Baudrillardian parable -- The Alien films and Baudrillard's phases of simulation -- The hyperrealization of Arnold Schwarzenegger -- Oliver Stone's hyperreal period -- Bill Clinton goes to the movies -- Tarantino's Pulp fiction and Baudrillard's Perfect crime -- Recursive self-reflection in The player -- Revisiting Baudrillard, The matrix, and "the real 1999" -- Reality/television : The Truman show -- Recombinant reality in Jurassic Park -- Brad versus Tyler in Fight club -- Shakespeare in the long 1990s -- Ambiguous origins in Star wars, episode I, the phantom menace -- Looking for the real : Schindler's list, Saving Private Ryan, and Titanic -- That's cryotainment! : postmortem cinema in the long 1990s. |