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Book SynopsisExplores the massively popular cinema of writer-director James Cameron
Trade ReviewExamines 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. -- Harvey O'Brien, University College Dublin 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. Film Matters
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1. Genesis: From Short Film Visions to Low-Budget Monster Movie 2. The Terminator (1984) 3. Aliens (1986) 4. The Abyss (1989) 5. Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991) 6. True Lies (1994) 7. Titanic (1997) 8. Avatar (2009) 9. Cameron's Documentaries 10. Cameron as Writer and Producer Filmography Bibliography Index
