Hollywood Action Films and Spatial Theory

By:

Nick Jones

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Hardback

Series:

Routledge Advances in Film Studies

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This book applies the discourse of the so-called ‘spatial turn’ to popular contemporary cinema, in particular the action sequences of twenty-first century Hollywood productions. Tackling a variety of spatial imaginations (contemporary iconic architecture; globalisation and non-places; phenomenological knowledge of place; consumerist spaces of commodity purchase; cyberspace), the diverse case studies not only detail the range of ways in which action sequences represent the challenge of surviving and acting in contemporary space, but also reveal the consistent qualities of spatial appropriation and spatial manipulation that define the form. Jones argues that action sequences dramatise the restrictions and possibilities of space, offering examples of radical spatial praxis through their depictions of spatial engagement, struggle and eventual transcendence.

Author Biography:

Nick Jones teaches film studies at Queen Mary University of London. He writes on contemporary Hollywood, digital effects and stereoscopic 3-D, and has been published in the journals New Cinemas, Animation: An Interdisciplinary Journal and New Review of Film and Television Studies.

Release date NZ

March 11th, 2015

Author

Nick Jones

Audience

Tertiary Education (US: College)

Illustrations

24 Halftones, black and white

Pages

178

Series

Routledge Advances in Film Studies

Dimensions

152x229x15

ISBN-13

9781138812505

Product ID

22893101

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