Narrating violence in post-9/11 action cinema terrorist narratives, cinematic narration, and referentiality
This work discusses the way in which action movies have responded to the visual and narrative challenge of depicting terrorist violence after 9/11, when the spectacular representation of terrorist violence – and by extension the consumers of these imagers – was considered as complicit behaviour. If...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
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Wiesbaden, Germany :
VS Research
2010.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009456243206719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Geleitwort; Deutsche Zusammenfassung; Table of Contents; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Methodology; 1.1.1 Just War Theory; 1.1.2 Narrative Discourse; 2 The Films; 2.1 Narrating Violence in V for Vendetta; 2.1.1 Types of Violence; 2.1.1.1 A Vendetta : Vigilantism; 2.1.1.2 Terrorism: Just Revolution and Tyrannicide; 2.1.1.3 Torture; 2.1.2 Cinematic Narration; 2.1.2.1 Visualizing Violence: The Spectacular; 2.1.2.2 Alterations in Focalization; 2.1.2.3 Heroes and Enemies; 2.1.3 Narrative Challenges; 2.1.3.1 References: Post-9/11 Politics; 2.1.3.2 Responding to 9/11: Charges against Cinema
- 2.1.4 Résumé for V for Vendetta2.2 Narrating Violence in Munich; 2.2.1 Types of Violence; 2.2.1.1 Terrorism and the Media; 2.2.1.2 Targeted Killings: The Response; 2.2.2 Cinematic Narration; 2.2.2.1 Flashbacks: Visualizing Violence with Latency; 2.2.2.2 Point of View: Heroes and Enemies; 2.2.2.3 Docudrama; 2.2.3 Narrative Challenges; 2.2.3.1 9/11: Depicting Images of Atrocity; 2.2.3.2 The Media and the Response to 9/11; 2.2.4 Résumé for Munich; 2.3 Narrating Violence in Children of Men; 2.3.1 Types of Violence; 2.3.1.1 Terrorism: The Fishes; 2.3.1.2 War; 2.3.1.3 A Biological Threat
- 2.3.2 Cinematic Narration2.3.2.1 Visualizing Violence: The Long Take; 2.3.2.2 The Spectacular vs the Long Take; 2.3.2.3 External Focalization and the Subjective Camera; 2.3.2.4 Disrupting Cinematic Codes; 2.3.2.5 Characters and Character Relations; 2.3.3 Narrative Challenges; 2.3.3.1 References to Post-9/11 Politics; 2.3.3.2 Engaging with 9/11: Iconic Images and The Media; 2.3.4 Résumé for Children of Men; 3 Conclusion; Bibliography
