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Disaster Mon Amour

English

By (author): David Thomson

A deepand darkly comicdive into the nature of disasters, and the ways they shape how we think about ourselves in the world
 
In this brilliant book, David Thomson tells the story of how we came to make disaster and catastrophe our best friendshow we let terror cocoon and take over our imaginations to avoid seeing the things that really frighten us. Riveting and totally original.Adam Curtis, BBC filmmaker and political journalist
 
Erudite. . . . Engaging. . . . A cri de coeur about arts struggle to keep up with reality.Kirkus Reviews
 
Audiences swell with the scale of disaster; humans have always been drawn to the rumors of our own demise. In this searching treatment, noted film historian David Thomson examines iconic disasters, both real and fictional, exposing the slippage between what occurs and what we observe. With reportage, film commentary, speculation, and a liberating sense of humor, Thomson shows how digital culture commodifies disaster and sates our desire to witness chaos while suffering none of its aftereffects.
 
Ranging from Laurel and Hardy and Battleship Potemkin to Cormac McCarthys The Road, and from the epic San Andreas to the intimate Dont Look Now, Thomson pulls back the curtain to reveal why we love watching disaster unfoldbut only if it happens to others. See more
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Product Details
  • Dimensions: 140 x 216mm
  • Publication Date: 22 Feb 2022
  • Publisher: Yale University Press
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780300246940

About David Thomson

David Thomson is one of the great living authorities on movies. He has written more than twenty books including The New Biographical Dictionary of Film Murder and the Movies and biographies of David O. Selznick and Orson Welles.

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