Cinema of the Dark Side: Atrocity and the Ethics of Film Spectatorship

by Shohini Chaudhuri

Book Overview

A ground-breaking comparative analysis of cinematic images of atrocity, combining critical perspectives on contemporary film and human rights.
A few days after 9/11, US Vice-President Dick Cheney invoked the need for the USA to work 'the dark side' in its global 'War on Terror'. Cinema of the Dark Side explores how contemporary cinema treats state-sponsored atrocity, evoking multiple landscapes of state terror. Investigating the ethical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474400426
• ISBN13: 9781474400428
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"