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Overview"""Studying Action-Adventure Cinema"" revisits the roots of action-adventure films and contextualizes the genre, particular with reference to the development of the Western. Wayne O'Brien describes conventions and audience expectations and reproduces diverse case studies that trace the evolution of action-adventure films from the 1970s to today. The volume investigates the impact of action-adventure cinema on the industrial dynamics of Hollywood, considering ""Star Wars"" (1977) and its early 1980s sequels, along with ""Raiders of the Lost Ark"" (1981) and its sequels. Since the release of Tim Burton's ""Batman"" (1989), comic books have become key contributors to the wider action-adventure genre. O'Brien discusses adaptations of DC and Marvel Comics characters, considering their implications for issues of gender, discrimination, justice, and law. He also features case studies on the representation of masculinity and femininity. Analyzed films include Michael Bay's ""Bad Boys"" (1995) and ""Bad Boys II"" (2003) and the Lara Croft and Charlie's Angels's series. A concluding chapter weighs the impact of 9/11 on action-adventure cinema, questioning the effect of real world events on screen representations, particularly in the ""The Bourne Ultimatum"" (2007), ""Casino Royale"" (2006), and Stephen Spielberg's ""War of the Worlds"" (2005)." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Wayne O`brienPublisher: Liverpool University Press Imprint: Auteur Publishing Dimensions: Width: 17.10cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 24.10cm Weight: 0.666kg ISBN: 9781906733339ISBN 10: 1906733333 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 07 April 2017 Audience: Adult education , Further / Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor Information"Wayne O'Brien is director of learning for media and film studies at Smestow School Wolverhampton, U.K, and coauthor of ""Studying Videogames.""" Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |