Spectacular narratives Hollywood in the age of the blockbuster - King, Geoff (I.B. Tauris Publishers, 2000)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-208) and index
Introduction: spectacle, narrative and 'frontier' mythology -- 'Frontier' narrative and spectacle in Twister and Independence day -- Digital dinosaurs: from T-Rex to Titanic -- The final frontier: space fictions -- Maximum impact: action films -- Seriously spectacular: 'authenticity' and 'art' in the war epic -- Apocalypse, maybe: pre-millennial disaster movies -- Conclusion: into the spectacle?