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War and cinema War and cinema
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The documentary turn The documentary turn
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Docudrama, ‘contingent truths’ and a politics of aesthetics Docudrama, ‘contingent truths’ and a politics of aesthetics
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The worldly ‘stuff’ of docudrama The worldly ‘stuff’ of docudrama
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Reframing the War on Terror: alternative histories and The Shock Doctrine Reframing the War on Terror: alternative histories and The Shock Doctrine
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The comedy of terror The comedy of terror
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In This World: border cinema and political affect In This World: border cinema and political affect
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Political affect, the child refugee and blurred boundaries Political affect, the child refugee and blurred boundaries
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A Mighty Heart: the limits of representation and political affect A Mighty Heart: the limits of representation and political affect
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The spectacle of death The spectacle of death
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The Road to Guantánamo: ‘double perspectives’ on the War on Terror The Road to Guantánamo: ‘double perspectives’ on the War on Terror
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The cinematic borderlands The cinematic borderlands
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‘Double perspective’, the touristic gaze and direct address ‘Double perspective’, the touristic gaze and direct address
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Invisibility, intimacy, and the unfilmable Invisibility, intimacy, and the unfilmable
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Conclusion: Making public(s) Conclusion: Making public(s)
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Notes Notes
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Abstract
This chapter looks at the depiction of the War on Terror in Michael Winterbottom’s The Shock Doctrine (2009), In this World (2002), A Mighty Heart (2007), and The Road to Guantánamo (2006). These films eschew the martial spectacle, seductive carnage, and oppositional moral framing of the conventional war film. Instead, they focus on combat and the ideologically and narratively restrictive perspective of the soldier’s experience in order to concentrate on marginal figures caught up in the wave of violence, racism, and paranoia that travelled across the globe in the wake of the 2001 attacks. In their orientation around marginal figures, Winterbottom’s films recognise the impossibility of producing a comprehensive, fully coherent account of the war, and instead they make visible bodies and make audible voices that have been absent from, obliterated by, or terrorised and abjected by dominant accounts of war.
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