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A World in Chaos; Social Crisis and the Rise of Postmodern Cinema

by Carl Boggs · August 20, 2003

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Through an analysis of films such as 'American Beauty', 'Blade Runner', 'Natural Born Killers' and 'Thelma and Louise', this study explores the historical and theoretical shift from the long era of modernity to an emergent postmodernity and examines its intersection with film culture.

Motion pictures, social aspectsMotion pictures, united statesMotion picturesCinémaAspect socialSocial aspectsKriseFilmGesellschaftFilmkunstPostmodernismeSociale crises