The Tunnel At The End Of The Light: Essays On Movies And Politics
by Jim Shepard /
2017 / English / EPUB
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The first book of nonfiction from one of our great
fiction writers.
The first book of nonfiction from one of our great
fiction writers.
A
APublishers Weekly
Publishers Weekly Best Essay Collection of
Fall
Best Essay Collection of
Fall
Given that most Americans proudly consider themselves
non-political, where do our notions of collective responsibility
come from? Which self-deceptions, when considering ourselves as
actors on the world stage, do we cling to most tenaciously? Why
do we so stubbornly believe, for example, that our country always
means well when intervening abroad?
Given that most Americans proudly consider themselves
non-political, where do our notions of collective responsibility
come from? Which self-deceptions, when considering ourselves as
actors on the world stage, do we cling to most tenaciously? Why
do we so stubbornly believe, for example, that our country always
means well when intervening abroad?The Tunnel at the End of the Light
The Tunnel at the End of the Light argues that some
of our most persistent and destructive assumptions, in that
regard, might come from the movies. In these ten essays Jim
Shepard weaves close readings of film with cultural criticism to
explore the ways in which movies work so ubiquitously to reflect
how Americans think and act. Whether assessing the “high-spirited
glee of American ruthlessness” captured in
argues that some
of our most persistent and destructive assumptions, in that
regard, might come from the movies. In these ten essays Jim
Shepard weaves close readings of film with cultural criticism to
explore the ways in which movies work so ubiquitously to reflect
how Americans think and act. Whether assessing the “high-spirited
glee of American ruthlessness” captured inGoodFellas
GoodFellas,
or finding in
,
or finding inLawrence of Arabia
Lawrence of Arabia a “portrait of the
lunatic serenity of our leaders’ conviction in the face of all
evidence and their own lack of knowledge,” he explores how we
enter into conversations with specific genres and
films―
a “portrait of the
lunatic serenity of our leaders’ conviction in the face of all
evidence and their own lack of knowledge,” he explores how we
enter into conversations with specific genres and
films―Chinatown, The Third Man
Chinatown, The Third Man, and
, andBadlands
Badlands
among others―in order to construct and refine our most cherished
illusions about ourselves.
among others―in order to construct and refine our most cherished
illusions about ourselves.
