by Lichtenfeld, Eric
Book / 2007

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TitleAction speaks louder : violence, spectacle, and the American action movie
Item typeBook
Author(s)Lichtenfeld, Eric
ImprintMiddletown, Conn. Wesleyan University Press, 2007
SeriesWesleyan film
ISBN
  • 9780819568014
  • 0819568015
LanguageEnglish
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Notes
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • Introduction: A Little Violence Never Hurt Anyone -- Prelude: 1971 -- "The Law's Crazy": The Vigilante and Other Myths -- Automatons: Rise of the Machines -- Enter the Fists: The Body as the Weapon -- Into the Jungle, Out of the Wasteland: Action in the Wild -- Blowing Up All Those Familiar Places: Terror and the Confined Arena -- Unmitigated Disasters: Old Formulas and the New Spectacle -- Tomorrow's Heroes Today: Action Meets the Fantastic -- Excelsior!: March of the Superheroes -- Conclusion: Sifting Through the Rubble.
  • Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CUY.
Physical descriptionxiv, 383 p. : ill. 23 cm.
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2007
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Lichtenfeld, Eric
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