The American World War II film depicted a united America, a mythic America in which the average guy, the girl next door, the 4-F patriot, and the grieving mother were suddenly transformed into heroes and heroines, warriors and goddesses. The Star-Spangled Screen examines the historical accuracy—or lack thereof—of films about the Third Reich, the Resistance, and major military campaigns. Concerned primarily with the films of the war years, it also includes discussions of such postwar movies as Battleground (1949), Attack! (1956), The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), and Patton (1970). This revised edition includes new material covering recent films such as Saving Private Ryan (1998), Pearl Harbor (2001), Dunkirk (2017), and Jo Jo Rabbit (2019), and their place in the war movie tradition. The Star-Spangled Screen makes a major contribution to popular culture by re-creating an era that, for all its tragedy, was one of the most creative in the history of American film.
Tabela de Conteúdo
Preface
1. Prologue to Pearl
2. The War that Dared Not Speak Its Name
3. Hollywood as a Premature Antifascist
4. Hollywood as Neutral Interventionist
5. Hollywood Mobilizes
6. Plotting the War
7. The People’s War
8. The Masters of the Race
9. California Comrades
10. Japs on Their Minds
11. Remembering Pearl Harbor
Afterword to the 2022 Edition
Notes
Biographical Essay
Film Index
Sobre o autor
Bernard F. Dick is professor emeritus of communications and English at Fairleigh Dickinson University (Teaneck campus). He holds a doctorate in classics from Fordham University and is the author of numerous film books including Anatomy of Film, Hal Wallis, and That Was Entertainment.Mais ebooks do mesmo autor(es) / Editor
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