TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nelson,John S.
TI  - Popular cinema as political theory: idealism and realism in epics, noirs, and satires 
SN  - 978-1-137-37470-7
U1  - 791.436581 23E
PY  - 2013///
CY  - New York
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Motion pictures--Political aspects--United States
KW  - Politics in motion pictures
N1  - Notes bibliogr; Doing political theory with popular films: styles in action in everyday life -- An epic comeback? post-western politics in film and theory -- Rhythms of political satire: post-modern politics in words, musics, and movies -- Realism as a political style: noir insights -- Noir in paradise: testing and twisting realist politics -- Conclusion -- Unsettling idealism versus realism: perfectionism in two classics of neo noir -- Appendix A: Classic film noir according to critical consensus -- Appendix B: Some interim noir films according to commentators -- Appendix C: Neo-noir films according to Nelson
ER  -