McGee studies historical representation in commodified, popular cinema as expressions of historical truths that more authentic histories usually miss and argues for the political and social significance of mass culture through the interpretation of four recent big-budget movies: Titanic, Gangs of New York, Australia, and Inglourious Basterds .
McGee studies historical representation in commodified, popular cinema as expressions of historical truths that more authentic histories usually miss and argues for the political and social significance of mass culture through the interpretation of four recent big-budget movies: Titanic, Gangs of New York, Australia, and Inglourious Basterds .
PATRICK MCGEEMcElveen Professor of English at Louisiana State University, USA.
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Introduction:Truth, History, and Counterdisciplinary Practices in Film Studies Terrible Beauties: Messianic Time and the Image of Social Redemption inJames Cameron's Titanic Infinite History: Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York and the Productionof the Inexistent 'No Dreaming, No Story, Nothing': Baz Luhrmann's Australia , theCinematic Common, and Postcolonial Discourse Conclusion:The Glorious Truth about Inglorious History in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds
Introduction:Truth History and Counterdisciplinary Practices in Film Studies Terrible Beauties: Messianic Time and the Image of Social Redemption inJames Cameron's Titanic Infinite History: Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York and the Productionof the Inexistent 'No Dreaming No Story Nothing': Baz Luhrmann's Australia theCinematic Common and Postcolonial Discourse Conclusion:The Glorious Truth about Inglorious History in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds
Introduction:Truth, History, and Counterdisciplinary Practices in Film Studies Terrible Beauties: Messianic Time and the Image of Social Redemption inJames Cameron's Titanic Infinite History: Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York and the Productionof the Inexistent 'No Dreaming, No Story, Nothing': Baz Luhrmann's Australia , theCinematic Common, and Postcolonial Discourse Conclusion:The Glorious Truth about Inglorious History in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds
Introduction:Truth History and Counterdisciplinary Practices in Film Studies Terrible Beauties: Messianic Time and the Image of Social Redemption inJames Cameron's Titanic Infinite History: Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York and the Productionof the Inexistent 'No Dreaming No Story Nothing': Baz Luhrmann's Australia theCinematic Common and Postcolonial Discourse Conclusion:The Glorious Truth about Inglorious History in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds
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"McGee exhibits a dazzling knowledge of Hollywood blockbuster films and the quality and significance of his studies are high." -Douglas Kellner, professor, UCLA, USA, and author of Cinema Wars
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