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" Spectacular narratives : "
Geoff King
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BL
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692044
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b514233
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King, Geoff
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Spectacular narratives : : Hollywood in the age of the blockbuster /\ Geoff King
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London ;New York :: I.B. Tauris Publishers,, 2000
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213 p. :: ill. ;; 24 cm
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1860645739
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-208) and index
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| Contents
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Introduction: spectacle, narrative and 'frontier' mythology -- 1. 'Frontier' narrative and spectacle in Twister and Independence Day -- 2. Digital dinosaurs: from T-rex to Titanic -- 3. The final frontier: space fictions -- 4. Maximum impact: action films -- 5. Seriously spectacular: 'authenticity' and 'art' in the war epic -- 6. Apocalypse, maybe: pre-millennial disaster movies -- 7. Conclusion: into the spectacle?
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Action and adventure films
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Disaster films
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Motion pictures-- California-- Hollywood, History
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Spectacular, The
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Hollywood in the age of the blockbuster
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