Bad history and the logics of blockbuster cinema : Titanic, Gangs of New York, Australia, Inglourious basterds
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Bad history and the logics of blockbuster cinema : Titanic, Gangs of New York, Australia, Inglourious basterds
Palgrave Macmillan, 2012
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-203) and index
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McGee studies historical representation in commodified, popular cinema as expressions of historical truths that more authentic histories usually miss and argues for the political and social significance of mass culture through the interpretation of four recent big-budget movies: Titanic, Gangs of New York, Australia, and Inglourious Basterds .
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Introduction:Truth, History, and Counterdisciplinary Practices in Film Studies Terrible Beauties: Messianic Time and the Image of Social Redemption inJames Cameron's Titanic Infinite History: Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York and the Productionof the Inexistent 'No Dreaming, No Story, Nothing': Baz Luhrmann's Australia , theCinematic Common, and Postcolonial Discourse Conclusion:The Glorious Truth about Inglorious History in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds
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