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Cinematic nihilism : encounters, confrontations, overcomings / John Marmysz.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 online resource (viii, 213 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781474424578
  • 1474424570
  • 9781474424585
  • 1474424589
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Cinematic nihilism.DDC classification:
  • 791.43/684 23
LOC classification:
  • PN1995.9.N55 M37 2017
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-208), filmography (pages 209-210) and index.

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.

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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.

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