American Cinema of the 2000s: Themes and Variations

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C O N T E N T S Acknowledgments vii Timeline:The 2000s ix Introduction: Movies and the 2000s 1 TIMOTHY CORRIGAN 2000 Movies,Anti-Climaxes, and Disenchantments 19 NORA ALTER 2001 Movies, Smart Films, and Dumb Stories 40 LINDA RUTH WILLIAMS 2002 Movies and Melancholy 61 SHARON WILLIS 2003 Movies,“Shock and Awe,” and the Troubled Blockbuster 83 BOB REHAK 2004 Movies and Spectacle in a Political Year 104 ANNA EVERETT 2005 Movies,Terror, and the American Family 125 KAREN BECKMAN 2006 Movies and Crisis 147 NIGEL MORRIS 2007 Movies and the Art of Living Dangerously 172 DINA SMITH 2008 Movies and a Hollywood Too Big to Fail 194 THOMAS SCHATZ 2009 Movies, a Nation, and New Identities 216 DANA POLAN Select Academy Awards, 2000–2009 239 Works Cited and Consulted 245 Contributors 253 Index 255 ...