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Disaster Movies: The Cinema of Catastrophe 2nd ed. Edition
Author(s): Stephen Keane (Author)
- Publisher: Wallflower Press
- Publication Date: 15 Nov. 2006
- Edition: 2nd ed.
- Language: English
- Print length: 144 pages
- ISBN-10: 1905674031
- ISBN-13: 9781905674039
Book Description
Stephen Keane’s history of the disaster genre offers a detailed analysis of films such as The Towering Inferno, Independence Day, Titanic, and The Day After Tomorrow. He looks at the ways in which disaster movies can be read in relation to both contextual considerations and the increasing commercial demands of contemporary Hollywood. In this second edition, he adds new material regarding cinematic representations of disaster in the wake of 9/11 and an analysis of disaster movies in light of recent natural disasters. Keane continually reworks this previously unexplored genre.
Editorial Reviews
Review
The book offers a helpful starting point for an overview and study of the genre of disaster movies.–Roslyn Weaver “Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts”
About the Author
Stephen Keane is lecturer in film at the University of Leeds, Bretton Hall Campus. He is also author of the forthcoming CineTech: Film, Convergence and New Media.
