{"product_id":"point-break-by-stephen-lee-naish-9798216374145","title":"Point Break","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePoint Break\u003c\/em\u003e, in Bloomsbury's Timecodes Series, is a detailed, minute-by-minute critical exploration of Kathryn Bigelow’s 1991 action film \u003cem\u003ePoint Break\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMoving sequentially through the film’s two-hour runtime, the book blends formal analysis, cultural history and theory, action genre study, and personal reflection and interpretation. It positions \u003cem\u003ePoint Break\u003c\/em\u003e as both a quintessential action spectacle and a film layered with thematic tensions: masculinity, spirituality, individual risk, personal freedom, environmental awareness, and the search for one’s identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach minute of the film is treated as a self-contained unit. The cinematography, editing, sound design, performances, and narrative beats are discussed in relation to broader social contexts including surfing subculture, mid-to-late-20th-century American politics, post-Vietnam War attitudes, and the evolving media images of Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on a wide array of sources, such as film theory, cultural criticism, and surf memoirs, the book reframes \u003cem\u003ePoint Break\u003c\/em\u003e as not merely an adrenaline-driven thriller, but as a work rich in symbolism, mythology, homoerotic desires, and philosophical inquiry. This approach reveals how Bigelow crafts a kinetic, expressive cinema where bodies, landscapes, and motion collide, and how the film's characters operate within intersecting personal, cultural, and ideological currents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe result is a hybrid of scholarship and creative writing that reanimates the film by slowing it down, revealing layers of meaning often obscured by its velocity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48022036971756,"sku":"9798216374145","price":40.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9798216374145-point-break.jpg?v=1785287090","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/point-break-by-stephen-lee-naish-9798216374145","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}