Martin Randall
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780748638529
- eISBN:
- 9780748651825
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748638529.003.0006
- Subject:
- Literature, 20th-century and Contemporary Literature
This chapter discusses the use of visual imagery, which is often able to ‘deal’ with the attacks in a way that literature struggles to achieve. It studies the film Man on Wire, a film that improves ...
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This chapter discusses the use of visual imagery, which is often able to ‘deal’ with the attacks in a way that literature struggles to achieve. It studies the film Man on Wire, a film that improves upon the past 9/11 representations due to the absence of dialogue. The chapter also considers the theories surrounding the attacks as ‘spectacle’ and even as ‘art’.Less
This chapter discusses the use of visual imagery, which is often able to ‘deal’ with the attacks in a way that literature struggles to achieve. It studies the film Man on Wire, a film that improves upon the past 9/11 representations due to the absence of dialogue. The chapter also considers the theories surrounding the attacks as ‘spectacle’ and even as ‘art’.
Martin Randall
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780748638529
- eISBN:
- 9780748651825
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748638529.001.0001
- Subject:
- Literature, 20th-century and Contemporary Literature
This book explores the fiction, poetry, theatre and cinema that have represented the 9/11 attacks. Works by Martin Amis, Ian McEwan, Don DeLillo, Simon Armitage and Mohsin Hamid are discussed in ...
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This book explores the fiction, poetry, theatre and cinema that have represented the 9/11 attacks. Works by Martin Amis, Ian McEwan, Don DeLillo, Simon Armitage and Mohsin Hamid are discussed in relation to the specific problems of writing about such a visually spectacular ‘event’ that has had enormous global implications. Other chapters analyse initial responses to 9/11, the intriguing tensions between fiction and non-fiction, the challenge of describing traumatic history and the ways in which the terrorist attacks have been discussed culturally in the decade since September 11. The book: contributes to the growing literature on 9/11, presenting an overview of some of the main texts that have represented the attacks and their aftermath; focuses on Don DeLillo, adding to the literature surrounding this major American novelist; focuses on Martin Amis, adding to the growing critical work on this much-discussed British novelist and essayist; and provides a critical analysis of the Oscar-winning film Man on Wire, regarding its oblique references to 9/11.Less
This book explores the fiction, poetry, theatre and cinema that have represented the 9/11 attacks. Works by Martin Amis, Ian McEwan, Don DeLillo, Simon Armitage and Mohsin Hamid are discussed in relation to the specific problems of writing about such a visually spectacular ‘event’ that has had enormous global implications. Other chapters analyse initial responses to 9/11, the intriguing tensions between fiction and non-fiction, the challenge of describing traumatic history and the ways in which the terrorist attacks have been discussed culturally in the decade since September 11. The book: contributes to the growing literature on 9/11, presenting an overview of some of the main texts that have represented the attacks and their aftermath; focuses on Don DeLillo, adding to the literature surrounding this major American novelist; focuses on Martin Amis, adding to the growing critical work on this much-discussed British novelist and essayist; and provides a critical analysis of the Oscar-winning film Man on Wire, regarding its oblique references to 9/11.
Jason Wood
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- November 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780231171977
- eISBN:
- 9780231850698
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7312/columbia/9780231171977.003.0017
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Film
This chapter presents an interview with filmmaker James Marsh. Marsh began his career as a researcher and then a director for the BBC. His breakthrough documentary, Troubleman (1994), chronicled the ...
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This chapter presents an interview with filmmaker James Marsh. Marsh began his career as a researcher and then a director for the BBC. His breakthrough documentary, Troubleman (1994), chronicled the last years of Marvin Gaye and his murder at the hands of his father. The King (2005) marked Marsh's move away from documentary into pure fiction and Man on Wire (2008) put his name on the map. The film tells the story of young Frenchman named Philippe Petit who stepped out on a wire illegally rigged between the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center on August 7, 1974. The interview covered topics such as what is was about Man on Wire that caught his interest; how they gained Petit's consent and collaboration; and the conscious decision not to mention the events of September 11, 2001.Less
This chapter presents an interview with filmmaker James Marsh. Marsh began his career as a researcher and then a director for the BBC. His breakthrough documentary, Troubleman (1994), chronicled the last years of Marvin Gaye and his murder at the hands of his father. The King (2005) marked Marsh's move away from documentary into pure fiction and Man on Wire (2008) put his name on the map. The film tells the story of young Frenchman named Philippe Petit who stepped out on a wire illegally rigged between the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center on August 7, 1974. The interview covered topics such as what is was about Man on Wire that caught his interest; how they gained Petit's consent and collaboration; and the conscious decision not to mention the events of September 11, 2001.
