The Cinema of James Cameron: Bodies in Heroic Motion

James Clarke

Published by Columbia University Press 2014

The Cinema of James Cameron

Bodies in Heroic Motion

James Clarke

In the series Directors' Cuts

https://doi.org/10.7312/clar16976

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About this book

Explores the massively popular cinema of writer-director James Cameron

Author / Editor information

James Clarke is a UK-based film writer, contributing to numerous cinema-related publications. He has also taught Film Studies and designed Screenwriting courses at UK universities.

Reviews

Informative, interesting, and effective.... Reading James Clarke's The Cinema of James Cameron: Bodies in Heroic Motion helps readers to appreciate [Cameron's] influence and proves to be an intriguing experience.

Harvey O'Brien, University College Dublin:
Examines Cameron's place in the transitional paradigm of a post-analogue, posthuman, and painterly cinema where impossible bodies are rendered through reassuringly old-fashioned narrative and spectacular conventions that have made his films the biggest on the planet. This comprehensive study outlines how his enduring fascination with bleeding-edge technology has both caught the public imagination and time and again proved a touchstone of the zeitgeist.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Genesis: From Short Film Visions to Low-Budget Monster Movie Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
2. The Terminator (1984) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
3. Aliens (1986) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
4. The Abyss (1989) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
5. Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
6. True Lies (1994) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
7. Titanic (1997) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
8. Avatar (2009) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
9. Cameron’s Documentaries Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
10. Cameron as Writer and Producer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
Filmography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173

Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 224
Illustrations
- Other: 50 B&W

eBook

Published: September 16, 2014
ISBN: 9780231850629