The promotion of neo-conservatism through contemporary Hollywood film with reference to Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan (1999)

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dc.contributor.authorJordaan, Danie
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-19T09:36:25Z
dc.date.available2019-02-19T09:36:25Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.description.abstractThis article proposes that current mainstream Hollywood film deliberately espouses a kind of neo-conservatism, replacing the apocalyptic pessimism typical of the so-called crisis cinema of the eighties. One might welcome this search for new meaning in life, were it not that one suspects that much of this filmic reaffirmation of the value of sacrificial violence by heroic individuals in order to restore an ailing society is, arguably, a mere media construct that extends the hegemony of supranational corporatism throughout the West. The author presents a brief survey of war films that has had considerable box office success during the last decade or so, arguing that Hollywood cinema has realigned itself with a kind of "Fort America" mentality in spite of the anti-Bush sentiment so vocally expressed by actors at the 2003 Academy Awards ceremony. In conclusion, the author analyses Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan (1999) in order to show to what extent the elements of framing and composition reflect, reinforce and comment on the narrative of Saving Private Ryan, creating a sub text that clearly strengthens American neo-patriotism.en_ZA
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dc.identifier.citationJordaan, D. (2004). The promotion of neo-conservatism through contemporary Hollywood film with reference to Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan (1999). Communitas, 9(1), 117-132.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1023-0556 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2415-0525 (online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11660/9739
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherUniversity of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.subjectHollywooden_ZA
dc.subjectFilmen_ZA
dc.subjectNeo-conservatismen_ZA
dc.subjectSupranational corporatismen_ZA
dc.subjectSteven Spielbergen_ZA
dc.subjectSaving Private Ryanen_ZA
dc.subjectFramingen_ZA
dc.subjectCompositionen_ZA
dc.subjectAmerican neo-patriotismen_ZA
dc.titleThe promotion of neo-conservatism through contemporary Hollywood film with reference to Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan (1999)en_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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