This series delves into the intricate relationship between cinema and history, exploring how filmmaking shapes our understanding of the past and how historical events are represented on screen. Each volume offers in-depth analyses of specific themes, genres, or filmmakers, providing fresh perspectives on this dynamic interplay. It serves as essential reading for film scholars, historians, and anyone interested in the cultural significance of visual media. The collection illuminates the power of film in interpreting, preserving, and sometimes challenging historical narratives.
The only person to receive four Academy Awards for best director, John Ford is considered by some to be America's greatest homegrown filmmaker. This book looks at the two genres of films for which Ford was most well-known--Westerns such as She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, The Searchers, and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance--and military films including They Were Expendable and the Oscar-winning documentary The Battle of Midway.
In Smart Chicks on Screen: Representing Women's Intellect in Film and Television, Laura Mattoon D'Amore brings together a collection of essays that examine the disparate portrayals of beauty and brains in film and television. This text will be of interest to scholars of film and television, communications, and women's studies, to name a few.
This volume compares films from the late Cold War era with films of the same genre, or of similar themes, from the post-Cold War era, paying particular attention to shifts in narrative that reflect changes in American culture, attitudes, and ideas. It explains how the absence of the Cold War has... číst celé