Hollywood and War, The Film Reader (In Focus: Routledge Film Readers) - Softcover

Slocum, J. David

 
9780415367806: Hollywood and War, The Film Reader (In Focus: Routledge Film Readers)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0415367808 ISBN 13: 9780415367806
Publisher: Routledge, 2006

Synopsis

Discussing such classic films as Sergeant York, Air Force, and All Quiet on the Western Front, as well as more modern blockbusters like Apocalypse Now and Saving Private Ryan, this outstanding volume focuses on Hollywood and its production of war films.

Topics covered include:

  • the early formation of war cinema
  • the apotheosis of the Hollywood war film
  • the ascendancy of ambivalence
  • Hollywood and the war since Vietnam
  • war as a way of seeing.

For any student of film studies or American cultural studies, this is a valuable companion.

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About the Author

J. David Slocum is Associate Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Science and Visiting Associate Professor of Cinema Studies in the Tisch School of Arts, both at New York University. His previous edited collections include Terrorism, Media, Liberation (2005), Rebel Without a Cause (2005) and Violence and American Cinema (2001).

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2006
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415367808
ISBN 13 
9780415367806
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
384

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