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American Cinema of the 2010s
The 2010s were perhaps the most tumultuous decade since the 1960s. The effects of the Great Recession continued to be felt. The administration of Barack Obama, the first African-American president, encouraged many to think that America was now 'post-racial', an illusion broken by the election of Donald Trump. Polarisation reigned, communicated on social media. Netflix and Amazon jumped into production. By 2019, Netflix produced more feature films than the traditional studios combined. Cinema's move from film to digital, in production and in exhibition, was complete by mid-decade. `MeToo and `Oscarssowhite signaled a reckoning with gross gender and racial inequalities in the media, matched by that in the wider culture. The essays of this book explore the blockbusters, low-budget sleepers, and films in between.
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‘Nope’ | Anatomy of a Scene
Jordan Peele narrates a sequence from “Nope,” starring Daniel Kaluuya.
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Stellar Transformations
Stellar Transformations: Movie Stars of the 2010s circles around questions of stardom, performance, and their cultural contexts in ways that remind us of the alluring magic of stars while also bringing to the fore the changing ways in which viewers engaged with them during the last decade. A salient idea that guides much of the collection is the one of transformation, expressed in these pages as the way in which post-millennial movie stars are in one way or another reshaping ideas of performance and star presence, either through the self-conscious revision of aspects of their own personas or in redirecting or progressing some earlier aspect of the culture. Including a diverse lineup of stars such as Oscar Isaac, Kristen Stewart, Tilda Swinton, and Tyler Perry, the chapters in Stellar Transformations paint the portrait of the meaning of star images during the complex decade of the 2010s, and in doing so will offer useful case studies for scholars and students engaged in the study of stardom, celebrity, and performance in cinema.
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‘One Night in Miami’ | Anatomy of a Scene
The director Regina King narrates a sequence from her film featuring Kingsley Ben-Adir, Leslie Odom Jr., Eli Goree and Aldis Hodge.
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‘Da 5 Bloods’ | Anatomy of a Scene
Spike Lee narrates a sequence from his Netflix feature.
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‘Poor Things’ | Anatomy of a Scene
The director Yorgos Lanthimos narrates a sequence from the film featuring Emma Stone and Mark Ruffalo.
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