Ghosts in the Machine: The Dark Heart of Pop Cinema

Looking back on a century that witnessed the emergence of motion pictures to become, almost immediately, a dominant cultural force in our lives, this penetrating and provocative book argues that "movies (like cathedrals) cannot help but display the subconscious impulses oftheir society." From D.W. Griffith to the Marx Brothers to film noir, "what are conceived and consumed as innocent pop movies ... are in fact manifestations of wild horror, superstitious ignorance, fatalistic dread and bigoted savagery."

Author: Michael Atkinson
Publisher: Limelight
Published: 08/01/2004
Pages: 230
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 8.34h x 5.70w x 0.63d
ISBN13: 9780879102852
ISBN10: 0879102853
BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Film | History & Criticism
- Social Science | Popular Culture
- Performing Arts | Film | Reference