War cinema : Hollywood on the front line / Guy Westwell.

By:

Westwell, Guy

Material type:

TextSeries: Short cutsPublication details: London ; New York : Wallflower, 2006.Description: 133 p. : ill. ports b&w ; 20 cmISBN:

1904764541

Subject(s):

War films -- History -- United States

DDC classification:

791.43658

Contents:

Introduction -- Early war cinema, 1898-1930 -- World war two on film, 1930-1961 -- Hollywood's Vietnam, 1961-1989 -- Contemporary war cinema, 1989-2006.

Summary: War Cinema: Hollywood on the Front Line is an introduction to and overview of the Hollywood war movie, a linchpin in American cultural imagination. The volume considers the history of this genre, one of continuing significance, from All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) to We Were Soldiers (2002). Guy Westwell focuses in particular on representations of the Vietnam War (Apocalypse Now [1979], Rambo [1985] and Platoon [1986]) and the more recent return to and reexamination of the Second World War (Saving Private Ryan [1998]).

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	Marbella International University Centre Library	791.43658 WES war (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	11156

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction --
Early war cinema, 1898-1930 --
World war two on film, 1930-1961 --
Hollywood's Vietnam, 1961-1989 --
Contemporary war cinema, 1989-2006.

War Cinema: Hollywood on the Front Line is an introduction to and overview of the Hollywood war movie, a linchpin in American cultural imagination. The volume considers the history of this genre, one of continuing significance, from All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) to We Were Soldiers (2002). Guy Westwell focuses in particular on representations of the Vietnam War (Apocalypse Now [1979], Rambo [1985] and Platoon [1986]) and the more recent return to and reexamination of the Second World War (Saving Private Ryan [1998]).

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