This book applies the discourse of the so-called lsquo;spatial turnrsquo; to popular contemporary cinema; in particular the action sequences of twenty-first century Hollywood productions. Tackling a variety of spatial imaginations (contemporary iconic architecture; globalisation and non-places; phenomenological knowledge of place; consumerist spaces of commodity purchase; cyberspace); the diverse case studies not only detail the range of ways in which action sequences represent the challenge of surviving and acting in contemporary space; but also reveal the consistent qualities of spatial appropriation and spatial manipulation that define the form. Jones argues that action sequences dramatise the restrictions and possibilities of space; offering examples of radical spatial praxis through their depictions of spatial engagement; struggle and eventual transcendence.
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