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Hollywood Raises Political Consciousness: Political Messages in Feature Films

By Michael Haas (editor)

Book information

Publisher
International Academic Publishers, Peter Lang Inc.
Year
2014
ISBN
1433126613, 9781433126611
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (5868007 bytes)
Pages
195\207
Time added
2021-11-30 07:16:49

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Feature films are jam-packed with political messages. This volume provides the tools for analyzing the politics embedded in films. Contributors reveal how subliminal messages are a clue to how the public perceives political reality through otherwise entertaining feature films. The volume is divided into two parts: Part One focuses on defining political films while Part Two looks at how «politics» is defined within films. Contributors find several ways of defining «political films», but agree that while the messages in films may often seem progressive, they are usually quite conservative, with the aim of making as much money as possible for the people financing the films. The book provides a history of political film and identifies several hundred films with specific political messages. Cover Table of Contents Tables Preface Introduction (Michael Haas) Part I. Defining the “Political Film” 1. Films Contain Political Messages (Michael Haas) Films Impact Politics A Short History of Political Film Founding of the Political Film Society (PFS) Three Conundrums Where Can Political Messages Be Inserted into Films? Themes Notes 2. Art and Politics: The Political Film as a Pedagogical Tool (Michael A. Genovese) The Political Lens of Film The Artist Confronts Society What Makes a Film “Political”? Art and Audience Seeing the Political The Artistic Sensibility Escaping Reality Democratic or Elitist Art? Film as a Political Document Conclusion 3. Searching for the Political Film (Ernest D. Giglio) The Inclusives The Exclusives A Third Alternative: A Typology A Fourth Gambit: Political Messages My Contribution to Defining “Political Film” Case Study: Hyde Park on Hudson (2012) Factors to Consider in Identifying the Political Film Conclusion Notes Part II. How Films Define the Political 4. The Real Oliver North Loses: The Reel Bob Roberts Wins (John W. Williams) Does Life Imitate Art? Constructing Reality Background of the Candidates Viewing the Films Conclusion: The Joke on the Audience Epilog 5. Escape from the Bowling Alley: Traditional Associations as the Antagonist in Popular Film (Hans Noel) The Social Capital Thesis The Discussion in the Movie Theory Looking Around Looking Back Discussion 6. The Politics of Disaster Films (Elizabeth Haas) Disasters and Rumors of Disaster From Disasters to the Renewal of Disaster Films Documentary versus Fictional Disaster Films: An Overview Two Case Studies: The Invisible War and Contagion Concluding Thoughts 7. The Blending of a Kaleidoscopic Culture: Films on Asian Americans (Andrew L. Aoki) Inclusion and Community in Asian American Films Living in a Kaleidoscopic Culture Notes 8. Films about Thailand and Vietnam (Michael Haas) Thailand Vietnam Conclusion Epilog. Using Political Films in the Classroom (Michael A. Genovese) When Colleagues Complain Appendix. Films Nominated by the Political Film Society, 1986–2014 Combined References Film Index Subject Index About the Contributors

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