Parallel Lines: Post-9/11 American Cinema

by Guy Westwell

Book Overview

Parallel Lines describes how post-9/11 cinema, from Spike Lee's 25th Hour (2002) to Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty (2012), relates to different, and competing, versions of US national identity in the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks. The book combines readings of individual films (World Trade Center, United 93, Fahrenheit 9/11, Loose Change) and cycles of films (depicting revenge, conspiracy,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231172036
• ISBN13: 9780231172035
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Wallflower Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"