REEL POWER: HOLLYWOOD CINEMA AND AMERICAN SUPREMACY

Book ID/图书代码： 10953010B39087

English Summary/英文概要： Hollywood is often characterised as a stronghold of left-liberal ideals. In Reel Power, Matthew Alford shows that it is in fact deeply complicit in serving the interests of the most regressive US corporate and political forces.

Films like Transformers, Terminator: Salvation and Black Hawk Down are constructed with Defence Department assistance as explicit cheerleaders for the US military, but Matthew Alford also emphasises how so-called ’radical’ films like Three Kings, Hotel Rwanda and Avatar present watered-down alternative visions of American politics that serve a similar function.

Reel Power is the first book to examine the internal workings of contemporary Hollywood as a politicised industry as well as scores of films across all genres. No matter what the progressive impulses of some celebrities and artists, Alford shows how they are part of a system that is hard-wired to encourage American global supremacy and frequently the use of state violence.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 好莱坞往往被看作左翼自由主义理念的据点。《轮辘力量》一书中，马修•奥尔福德认为好莱坞实际上是服务于当今美国企业和政治势力的利益同谋。
像《变形金刚》、《终结者：救世主》及《黑鹰坠落》一类的电影塑造了如同美国军事拉拉队长的美国国防部形象。不过马修•奥尔福德也强调所谓“激进”电影如《夺金三王》、《卢旺达饭店》和《阿凡达》如何以不同角度自上而下地向人们灌输类似的美国政治观点。
《轮辘力量》是第一本将研究当代好莱坞内部运作作为一个政治化行业和对所有类型电影的评估。无论一些名人和艺术家如何激进地鼓动，奥尔福德会告诉读者他们也是整个系统密不可分的一部分，鼓励美国对全球实行霸权主义和频繁使用武力。(兼职翻译-JDM)

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About the Author/作者介绍： 马修•奥尔福德曾为《卫报》，《新政治家》和BBC广播电台攥稿人，曾经任教于英国巴斯大学和布里斯托尔大学。

Matthew Alford has written for the Guardian, New Statesman and BBC radio. He has also lectured at the Universities of Bath and Bristol.

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