History and Story in the American Political Thriller Film: Hollywood in the Labyrinth

Pablo Castrillo Maortua examines the emergence of the political thriller in Hollywood during a period of political unrest, exploring its dramatic identity and design and its correlation with US history. The book challenges Hollywood conventions and cultural presuppositions, offering an entertaining yet critical view of politics.

Format: Hardback
Length: 292 pages
Publication date: 29 August 2023
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Pablo Castrillo Maortua's book delves into the emergence of the political thriller in Hollywood during a period of uncertainty and turmoil in the United States. The Cold War, the nuclear age, domestic and international scandals, and a deceitful political culture all contributed to the development of a filmmaking current that would eventually evolve into a distinct genre with its own narrative form and aesthetics. Castrillo Maortua explores the dramatic identity and design of the American political thriller, tracing its close correlation with the history of the United States from the Cuban Missile Crisis to the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the War on Terror that followed. Ultimately, the author demonstrates how the American political thriller challenges Hollywood conventions and cultural presuppositions with an entertaining yet critical view of the state of politics. This book will be of particular interest to scholars of film studies, screenwriting, and genre theory.

Weight: 585g
Dimension: 242 x 160 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781793654700