Description
Stephen Prince's penetrating analysis of the cinematic blowback from 9/11 and the 'War on Terror' is a pioneering volume blazing a trail for what will surely be a swathe of like-minded studies. This book is informative, well argued, awash in sparkling insights, and, not incidentally, quite moving. -- Thomas Doherty, Brandeis University, and author of Hollywood's Censor: Joseph I. Breen and the Production Code Administration An accessibly written, wide-ranging introduction to a topic that no book in film studies has yet covered so comprehensively. -- Adam Lowenstein, University of Pittsburgh
About the Author
Stephen Prince is a professor of cinema at Virginia Tech, teaching film history, criticism, and theory. He is the author of numerous books, including Classical Film Violence, Movies and Meaning: An Introduction to Film, The Warrior's Camera: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa, and Savage Cinema: Sam Peckinpah and the Rise of Ultraviolent Movies.
Reviews
[Firestorm] will be a popular resource for film students. -- James Clarke Times Higher Education Supplement Prince's impressively thorough and intelligently written book will serve as a guide for some years to this visually indelible episode in American history... Essential. Choice offers a detailed and insightful critical analysis while avoiding jargon...Firestorm isa remarkable achievement as a first look at the impact of 11 September on filmmaking, and lays the groundwork for any number of new approaches. -- Jeffrey Mazo Survival [A] thoughtful and thorough investigation of the celluloid response to that chilling September day. -- Luke Davies The Australian A rich record and accounting of the first decade of responses by both mainstream and marginal American filmmakers. -- Corey K. Creekmur Cineaste
Awards
Winner of Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2010.
Book Information
ISBN 9780231148719
Author Stephen Prince
Format Paperback
Page Count 400
Imprint Columbia University Press
Publisher Columbia University Press