Title Independence Day, or, How I learned to stop worrying and love the Enola Gay / Michael Rogin

Published London : BFI Pub., 1998

Copies

Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
MELB	791.4372 Rog/Ido		AVAILABLE

Description 96 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm Series BFI modern classics BFI modern classics. Contents 1. Film as Politics -- 2. History as Film -- 3. Science as Fiction -- 4. Multiculturalism -- 5. The Virus -- 6. The Virtual War of the Worlds -- 7. Heaven's Gate Summary Michael Rogin suggests that Independence Day 'serves American power in the name of attacking it'. He analyses how the film reimagines American society and rewrites American history. Propaganda disguised as escapism, Independence Day salves American anxiety--about race, sexuality, disease and war--by means of delirious movie-making Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Also issued online SUBJECT Independence Day (Motion picture) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96114504 Subject Motion pictures -- United States. LC no. 98206640 ISBN 0851706622

Other Titles How I learned to stop worrying and love the Enola Gay Independence Day

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