A World in Chaos Social Crisis and the Rise

Through an analysis of films such as American Beauty, Blade Runner, Natural Born Killers, and Thelma and Louise, Carl Boggs and Thomas Pollard explore the historical and theoretical shift from the long era of modernity to an emergent postmodernity and examine its intersection with film culture.

Carl Boggs is professor in the School of Arts and Sciences at National University Tom Pollard is professor in the School of Arts and Sciences at National University

PREFACE	vii
1 THE NEW CINEMATIC SOCIETY	1	(36)
2 THE RISE AND DECLINE OF MODERNISM	37	(38)
3 THE POSTMODERN REVOLT: A NEW ERA?	75	(52)
4 THE MANY FACES OF POSTMODERNISM	127	(60)
5 THE POSTMODERN VISUAL STYLE	187	(26)
6 POSTMODERN CINEMA IN A CORPORATE WORLD	213	(26)
CONCLUSION: HOLLYWOOD AND THE DECLINE OF POLITICAL CULTURE	239	(12)
FILMOGRAPHY: SELECTED POSTMODERN FILMS	251	(30)
NOTES	281	(12)
PHOTO CREDITS	293	(2)
INDEX	295	(20)
ABOUT THE AUTHORS	315

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

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