LEADER 03129oam 2200649I 450 001 9910463066603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-203-95291-X 010 $a1-135-35012-4 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203952917 035 $a(CKB)2670000000368731 035 $a(EBL)1195834 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000885739 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11499636 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000885739 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10814619 035 $a(PQKB)10940194 035 $a(OCoLC)849917626 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1195834 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1195834 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10714824 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL494055 035 $a(OCoLC)846495059 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000368731 100 $a20180706d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAtomic bomb cinema $ethe apocalyptic imagination on film /$fJerome F. Shapiro 210 1$aNew York ;$aLondon :$cRoutledge,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (663 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-93659-4 311 $a0-415-93660-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references, filmography and index. 327 $aCover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Introduction Vexing questions, and atomic bomb cinema; 1 1895 to 1945: Prototypical bomb films; 2 1945 to 1949: The initial elation after Hiroshima and Nagasaki; 3 1950 to 1963, Part I: A complex growth industry; 4 1950 to 1963, Part II: Cold war fantasies; 5 1964 to 1979: Losing faith in social institutions; 6 1980 to 1989: The Reagan era; 7 1990 to 2001: The post-cold war years; 8 1945 to 2001: Japan's atomic bomb cinema; Conclusion Demonic cinema; NOTES; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; FILMOGRAPHY; INDEX 330 $aUnfathomably merciless and powerful, the atomic bomb has left its indelible mark on film. In Atomic Bomb Cinema, Jerome F. Shapiro unearths the unspoken legacy of the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima and its complex aftermath in American and Japanese cinema. According to Shapiro, a ""Bomb film"" is never simply an exercise in ideology or paranoia. He examines hundreds of films like Godzilla, Dr. Strangelove, and The Terminator as a body of work held together by ancient narrative and symbolic traditions that extol survival under devastating condition 606 $aNuclear warfare in motion pictures 606 $aScience fiction films$xHistory and criticism 606 $aMotion pictures$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aMotion pictures$zJapan$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aNuclear warfare in motion pictures. 615 0$aScience fiction films$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aMotion pictures$xHistory. 615 0$aMotion pictures$xHistory. 676 $a791.43/658 700 $aShapiro$b Jerome Franklin$f1958-,$01000771 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463066603321 996 $aAtomic bomb cinema$92297227 997 $aUNINA