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Atomic Bomb Cinema: The Apocalyptic Imagination on Film Paperback - 2001

by Jerome F. Shapiro


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Unfathomably merciless and powerful, the atomic bomb has left its indelible mark on film. In Atomic Bomb Cinema, Jerome F. Shapiro unearths the unspoken legacy of the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima and its complex aftermath in American and Japanese cinema. According to Shapiro, a "Bomb film" is never simply an exercise in ideology or paranoia. He examines hundreds of films like Godzilla, Dr. Strangelove, and TheTerminator as a body of work held together by ancient narrative and symbolic traditions that extol survival under devastating conditions. Drawing extensively on both English-language and Japanese-language sources, Shapiro argues that such films not only grapple with our nuclear anxieties, but also offer signs of hope that humanity is capable of repairing a damaged and divided world. www.atomicbombcinema.com

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  • Title Atomic Bomb Cinema: The Apocalyptic Imagination on Film
  • Author Jerome F. Shapiro
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition; F
  • Pages 404
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Routledge, New York
  • Date 2001-12-07
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780415936606 / 0415936608
  • Weight 1.24 lbs (0.56 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.96 x 5.24 x 0.87 in (22.76 x 13.31 x 2.21 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Chronological Period: 1950-1999
  • Library of Congress subjects Motion pictures - United States - History, Science fiction films - History and criticism
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002277634
  • Dewey Decimal Code 791.43

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  • Choice, 07/01/2002, Page 1968
  • Library Journal, 11/01/2001, Page 96
  • PW Notes and Reprints, 10/15/2001, Page 62
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