Cinematic Nihilism : Encounters, Confrontations, Overcomings

Name: Cinematic Nihilism
Brand: Edinburgh University Press
SKU: 9781474424561
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ISBN: 9781474424561

by John Marmysz

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Format Hardback

ISBN-10 1474424562

ISBN-13 9781474424561

Publisher Edinburgh University Press

Imprint Edinburgh University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Sep 30th, 2017

Print length 224 Pages

Weight 478 grams

Dimensions 16.50 x 24.10 x 1.90 cms

Product Classification: Films, cinema Film theory & criticism Individual film directors, film-makers Film: styles & genres Films, cinema Film history, theory or criticism Individual film directors, film-makers Film: styles and genres

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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.

Exposing and illustrating how an ongoing engagement with nihilistic alienation may contribute to, rather than detract from, the value of life, Cinematic Nihilism both challenges and builds upon past scholarship that has scrutinised nihilism in the media, but which has generally over-emphasised its negative and destructive aspects. Through case studies of popular films, including Prometheus, The Dark Knight Rises, Dawn of the Dead and The Human Centipede, and with chapters on Scotland''s cinematic portrayal as both a site of ''nihilistic sacrifice'' and as ''nowhere in particular'', this book presents a necessary corrective, re-emphasising the constructive potential of cinematic nihilism and casting it as a phenomenon that need not be overcome.

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