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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464654503321

Autore

Graham Mark (Mark A.), <1970->

Titolo

Afghanistan in the cinema [[electronic resource] /] / Mark Graham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2010

ISBN

1-283-02891-3

9786613028914

0-252-09139-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Disciplina

791.43/658581

Soggetti

Motion pictures - History

Electronic books.

Afghanistan In motion pictures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : haunted eyes -- Imperialist nostalgia. Getting in touch with our inner savage : The horsemen -- Butch and Sundance in Afghanistan : The man who would be king -- The new great game : Rambo III, The beast, and Charlie Wilson's war -- The burqa films. Land without images : Kandahar -- Afghan gothic : Osama -- Border crossings. The west unveiled : In this world -- The poetry of silence : Ellipsis -- A way to feel good again : The kite runner -- Conclusion : ending Charlie Wilson's war.