American Cinema of the 2000s: Themes and Variations (Hardcover)

<DIV>Acknowledgments<BR>Timeline<BR>Introduction<BR><BR>2000 Movies, Anti-Climaxes, and Disenchantments<BR><BR>2001 Movies, Smart Films, and Dumb Stories<BR><BR>2002 Movies and Melancholy<BR><BR>2003 Movies, “Shock and Awe,” and the Troubled Blockbuster<BR><BR>2004 Movies and Spectacle in a Political Year<BR><BR>2005 Movies, Terror, and the American Family<BR><BR>2006 Movies and Crisis<BR><BR>2007 Movies and the Art of Living Dangerously<BR><BR>2008 Movies and a Hollywood Too Big to Fail<BR><BR>2009 Movies, a Nation, and New Identities<BR><BR>Select Academy Awards, 2000–2009<BR>Works Cited and Consulted<BR>Contributors<BR>Index<BR></div>