| Ghosts in the Machine: The Dark Heart of Pop Cinema Contributor(s): Atkinson, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 0879102853 ISBN-13: 9780879102852 Publisher: Limelight OUR PRICE: $14.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2004 Annotation: 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." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism - Social Science | Popular Culture - Performing Arts | Film - Reference |
| Dewey: 791.43 |
| LCCN: 99039871 |
| Series: Limelight |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.7" W x 8.34" (0.72 lbs) 230 pages |