Action Speaks Louder: Violence, Spectacle, and the American Action Movie

by Eric Lichtenfeld

Book Overview

For more than 30 years, the action movie has been the film genre that most represents Hollywood to the world, and represents the world to American audiences. Still, the action film has never received the critical attention it deserves. Studying its various trends and visual excesses, Action Speaks Louder: Violence, Spectacle, and the American Action Movie traces the genre's evolution and sources to reveal how it has come to assume its place...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275980545
• ISBN13: 9780275980542
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.5"