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    Echoes of Reaganism in Hollywood Blockbuster Movies from the 1980s to the 2010s

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    Author(s)
    Ben Mna, Ilias
    Language
    English
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    Abstract
    This book examines the reverberations of key components of Ronald Reagan’s ideology in selected Hollywood blockbuster movies. The aim of this analysis is to provide a clearer understanding of the intertwinement of cinematic spectacles with neoliberalism and neoconservatism. The analysis comprises a dissection of Reagan’s presidential rhetoric and the examination of four seminal Hollywood blockbuster movies. The time range for analysis stretches from the 1980s until the 2010s. Among the key foci are filmic content as well as production and distribution contexts. It is concluded that Reagan’s political metaphors and the corporatization of film studios in the 1970s and 1980s continue to shape much of Hollywood blockbuster filmmaking.
    URI
    https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/47394
    Keywords
    1980s; 2010s; Blockbuster; cinema; Echoes; Film; film history; Hollywood; Movies; presidential rhetoric; Reaganism; US politics
    DOI
    10.3726/b17914
    ISBN
    9783631843499, 9783631843505, 9783631843512, 9783631837801, 9783631843499
    Publisher
    Peter Lang International Academic Publishers
    Publisher website
    https://www.peterlang.com/
    Publication date and place
    Bern, 2021
    Grantor
    • Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
    • Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
    Series
    American Culture, 15
    Classification
    Film history, theory or criticism
    Film: styles and genres
    Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000
    Pages
    378
    Rights
    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
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    • This project received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 683680, 810640, 871069 and 964352.

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