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The Hollywood War Film

By Barry Keith Grant(eds.) , Robert Eberwein(auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Year
2009
ISBN
9781405173919, 9781444315103
DOI
10.1002/9781444315103
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
12 MB (12247294 bytes)
Pages
191\191
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00

Description

The Hollywood War Film offers readers a lively introduction to the theory, history, stars, and major films constituting this vital genre, from Hollywood's earliest days to the current moment Combines broad historical and theoretical coverage of the genre with in-depth analysis of specific films Includes chapters on All Quiet on the Western Front, World War II combat films, Platoon and Full Metal Jacket, Eastwood’s Iwo Jima films, and Iraq war films An ideal text for perennially popular courses on the war film genre Content: Chapter 1 Historical Overview (pages 14–41): Chapter 2 Critical Issues (pages 42–62): Chapter 3 All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) (pages 63–75): Chapter 4 Destination Tokyo (1943) and Retaliation Films (pages 76–92): Chapter 5 Platoon (1986) and Full Metal Jacket (1987) (pages 93–109): Chapter 6 Glory (1989) (pages 110–121): Chapter 7 The Iraq Wars on Film (pages 122–135): Chapter 8 Iwo Jima (pages 136–151):

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