Cinematic nihilism : encounters, confrontations, overcomings /
Through case studies of popular films, including Prometheus, The Dark Knight Rises, Dawn of the Dead and The Human Centipede, this book re-emphasises the constructive potential of cinematic nihilism.
| Hlavní autor: | |
|---|---|
| Médium: | Licensed eBooks |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Vydáno: |
Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press
[2017]
|
| On-line přístup: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3366/j.ctt1tqxvgg |
Obsah:
- Scotland as a site of nihilistic sacrifice
- The myth of Scotland as nowhere in particular
- Monstrous masses: the human body as raw material
- From night to survival: nihilism and the living dead
- The lure of the mob: cinematic depictions of skinhead authenticity
- Cultural change and nihilism in the Rollerball films
- The abject self: apocalyptic consequences of self-discovery in Fight Club
- Rooting for the fascists in Avatar
- Yukio Mishima and the return to the body.