Cranked Masculinity: Hypermediation in Digital Action Cinema

Abstract

The mode of production and the visual aesthetic of the digital action cinema represented by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor's Crank (2006) and its 2009 sequel, Crank 2: High Voltage (both partially shot on Rollerblades at high speed), represent hypermediation as hypermasculinity. Reflecting the development of visual culture and a historically masculinized relationship with technology, the immersive gamespace created in this model of filmmaking indicates the narrational merging of product and process.

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