Looking back on a century that witnessed the emergence of motion pictures to become almost immediately a dominant cultural force in our lives this penetrating and provocative book argues that movies (like cathedrals) cannot help but display the subconscious impulses oftheir society. From D.W. Griffith to the Marx Brothers to film noir what are conceived and consumed as innocent pop movies ... are in fact manifestations of wild horror superstitious ignorance fatalistic dread and bigoted savagery.
| ISBN: | 9780879102852 |
| Publication date: | 1st August 2004 |
| Author: | Michael Atkinson |
| Publisher: | Limelight an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 220 pages |
| Series: | Limelight |
| Genres: |
Films, cinema |
Looking back on a century that witnessed the emergence of motion pictures to become almost immediately a dominant cultural force in our lives this penetrating and provocative book argues that movies (like cathedrals) cannot help but display the subconscious impulses oftheir society. From D.W.
Ghosts in the Machine features in the following genres: Films, cinema
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Ghosts in the Machine was written by Michael Atkinson and published by Limelight an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Ghosts in the Machine has 220 pages
Yes it is part of Limelight series
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