seeking suggestions for readings, whether directly related to the films/tv shows or more on the theme and context. (or suggestions on other films/shows that ive egregiously left out). its for an american studies seminar, description below, on representations of the city in 21st-century catastrophes (mainly serial television and fiction films). ill share the final syllabus once its finished. thanks in advance! (apologies for cross-posting) Urban Catastrophe in 21st-Century US Screen Culture Early twenty-first-century American life has been distinctively marked by catastrophes including 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, and the so-called Great Recession. These events have figured prominently in a US popular screen culture that has sought to come to grips with the ways in which each has been collectively shattering, disrupting many people’s faith in just, meritocratic, predictable, and/or rational systems; each has also had a pronounced impact on how we imagine and experience urban life. This seminar will examine the ways in which American film and television since 2000 have represented urbanity in the aftermath of catastrophe, attending to affect—dread, anxiety, emptiness, mistrust, anti-authoritarianism, vigilantism—as well as plot, setting, and mise-en-scene. We will discuss critical essays by scholars in film and television studies, as well as film and television texts that may include: 8 Mile (Curtis Hanson 2002) The Departed (Martin Scorsese 2006) The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan 2007) The Wrestler (Darren Aronofsky 2008) Drag Me to Hell (Sam Raimi 2009) Somewhere (Sofia Coppola 2010) Margin Call (J.C. Chandor 2011) Drive (Nicolas Winding Refn 2011) Silver Linings Playbook (David O. Russell 2012) Cosmopolis (David Cronenberg 2012) Sharknado! (Anthony Ferrante 2013) 24 (Fox 2001-2010) The Wire (HBO 2002-2008) Hung (HBO 2009-2011) Rubicon (AMC 2010) Treme (HBO 2010-2013) Homeland (Showtime 2011) Girls (2012-)
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