Film and Television After 9/11
- ISBN-10
- 080932556X
- ISBN-13
- 9780809325566
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 274
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- SIU Press
- Author
- Wheeler W. Dixon
Description
Twelve distinguished scholars and critics discuss the production, reception, and distribution of Hollywood and foreign films after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and examine how movies have changed to reflect the new world climate.
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