TY - BOOK ID - 674587 TI - Environmental ethics and film PY - 2016 SN - 9780415747288 9780415747271 9781315797151 0415747279 0415747287 9781317752677 9781317752684 PB - London Routledge DB - UniCat KW - Environmental protection. Environmental technology KW - General ethics KW - Film KW - Environmental protection and motion pictures. KW - Environmentalism in motion pictures. KW - Motion pictures KW - Environmental ethics. KW - Moral and ethical aspects. KW - Environmental protection and motion pictures KW - Environmentalism in motion pictures KW - Protection de l'environnement et cinéma KW - Environnementalisme au cinéma KW - Cinéma KW - Ethique de l'environnement KW - Aspect moral KW - Protection de l'environnement et cinéma KW - Environnementalisme au cinéma KW - Cinéma UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:674587 AB - What's playing at the local multiplex? More than one might imagine. As the present book makes clear, Hollywood filmmakers can wrap a serious message on the sustainability of life on Earth in even the most gossamer of entertainments. Brereton (communication, Dublin City Univ., Ireland) offers compelling evidence that some contemporary Hollywood cinema is, in a manner all its own, encouraging audiences to take a stand on issues of environmentalism, ecology, and conservation (as distinguished from simply trotting out one vision of dystopia after another). Citing such mainstream films as 2012, Bambi, FernGully: The Last Rainforest, Interstellar, Out of Africa, and even the James Bond film Quantum of Solace, along with some 100 other films, Brereton makes a persuasive case that even in the most seemingly compromised entertainments, there is often a call to action?usually slipped in subliminally or as a subplot?for viewers to heed and act on (which many do). Written in a smooth, accessible style, Brereton's book treats a vitally important subject. ER -