{"product_id":"cinematic-nihilism-encounters-confrontations-overcomings-9781474431712","title":"Cinematic Nihilism: Encounters, Confrontations, Overcomings","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): John Marmysz\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Film - Direction \u0026amp; Production\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExposing and illustrating how an ongoing engagement with nihilistic alienation may contribute to, rather than detract from, the value of life, \u003ci\u003eCinematic Nihilism\u003c\/i\u003e both challenges and builds upon past scholarship that has scrutinised nihilism in the media, but which has generally over-emphasised its negative and destructive aspects. Through case studies of popular films, including \u003ci\u003ePrometheus, The Dark Knight Rises, Dawn of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e The Human Centiped\u003c\/i\u003ee, and with chapters on Scotland's cinematic portrayal as both a site of 'nihilistic sacrifice' and as 'nowhere in particular', this book presents a necessary corrective, re-emphasising the constructive potential of cinematic nihilism and casting it as a phenomenon that need not be overcome.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46457290358935,"sku":"9781474431712","price":3719.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781474431712.webp?v=1769181134","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/cinematic-nihilism-encounters-confrontations-overcomings-9781474431712","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}