Celluloid mushroom clouds : Hollywood and the atomic bomb /: Hollywood and the atomic bomb. (2018)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Celluloid mushroom clouds : Hollywood and the atomic bomb /: Hollywood and the atomic bomb. (2018)
- Main Title:
- Celluloid mushroom clouds : Hollywood and the atomic bomb
- Further Information:
- Note: Joyce A. Evans.
- Other Names:
- Evans, Joyce A
- Contents:
- Introduction: Hollywood and the atomic bomb -- Hollywood meets the A-bomb -- A theoretical perspective -- Hollywood moviemaking -- An analysis of atomic films -- pt. 1: Hollywood after the bomb -- Hollywood production contexts: 1945-1953 -- MGM and the atomic bomb: The beginning or the end? (1947) -- Creative license and historic fact -- The image of the scientist -- Images of atomic technology -- Hollywood film style and atomic images -- pt. 2: MGM and the Cold War: Above and beyond (1952) -- The military and scientists -- Cold War ideology -- Hollywood and the Cold War -- pt. 3: Experimentation with atomic themes -- Atomic comedy -- Science fiction genre -- Personal visions and opposition -- pt. 4: Hollywood science fiction, 1954-1959 -- Radiation and mutations -- Economic troubles in Hollywood -- Science fiction and independent production -- pt. 5: Radiation-produced monsters: Them! (1954) -- Genre narrative and style -- The Cold War: glorification of the military -- The nature of the threat -- Residual elements -- Fear of transmutation -- The image of the scientist -- Radiation-produced human monsters -- pt. 6: Alien invaders and atomic espionage -- The Cold War and the military scientist -- Good and bad atoms: This island Earth (1954) -- Fear of totalitarianism -- Fear of scientific development -- Atomic espionage -- pt. 7: Postnuclear scenarios -- pt. 8: The nuclear future, 1960-1964 -- Personal visions: On the beach (1959) -- The postnuclear world -- pt. 9:Introduction: Hollywood and the atomic bomb -- Hollywood meets the A-bomb -- A theoretical perspective -- Hollywood moviemaking -- An analysis of atomic films -- pt. 1: Hollywood after the bomb -- Hollywood production contexts: 1945-1953 -- MGM and the atomic bomb: The beginning or the end? (1947) -- Creative license and historic fact -- The image of the scientist -- Images of atomic technology -- Hollywood film style and atomic images -- pt. 2: MGM and the Cold War: Above and beyond (1952) -- The military and scientists -- Cold War ideology -- Hollywood and the Cold War -- pt. 3: Experimentation with atomic themes -- Atomic comedy -- Science fiction genre -- Personal visions and opposition -- pt. 4: Hollywood science fiction, 1954-1959 -- Radiation and mutations -- Economic troubles in Hollywood -- Science fiction and independent production -- pt. 5: Radiation-produced monsters: Them! (1954) -- Genre narrative and style -- The Cold War: glorification of the military -- The nature of the threat -- Residual elements -- Fear of transmutation -- The image of the scientist -- Radiation-produced human monsters -- pt. 6: Alien invaders and atomic espionage -- The Cold War and the military scientist -- Good and bad atoms: This island Earth (1954) -- Fear of totalitarianism -- Fear of scientific development -- Atomic espionage -- pt. 7: Postnuclear scenarios -- pt. 8: The nuclear future, 1960-1964 -- Personal visions: On the beach (1959) -- The postnuclear world -- pt. 9: Questioning authority -- The military -- The scientist -- Ridicule and parody: Dr. Strangelove (1964) -- pt. 10: From mutually assured destruction to Mutant Ninja Turtles. … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- Place of publication not identified : Routledge
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (228 pages)
- Subjects:
- 791.43/658
Nuclear warfare in motion pictures
Motion pictures -- United States -- History and criticism
Motion pictures
Nuclear warfare in motion pictures
Film
Kernwaffe
Atomkrieg
Atomkrieg
Film
United States
USA
USA
Criticism, interpretation, etc - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9780429981425
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