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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 11th 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, torture and war) with extended commentary on recurring themes, including the relationship between the US and the rest of the world, narratives of therapeutic recovery, questions of ethical obligation.The volume argues that post-9/11 cinema is varied and dynamic, registering shock and upheaval in the immediate aftermath of the attacks, displaying capacity for critique following the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal mid-decade, and seeking to reestablish consensus during Obama's troubled second term of office.

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Book category Books in English The arts Film, TV & radio Films, cinema

• Full title: Parallel Lines
• Author: Guy Westwell
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240
• EAN: 9780231172035
• ISBN: 0231172036
• ID: 04559199
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Weight: 380 g
• Dimensions: 157 × 235 × 13 mm
• Date of publishing: 21. October 2014

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