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The Shoah on screen : representing crimes against humanity / Anne-Marie Baron.

Publication | Not Digitized | Library Call Number: PN1995.9.H53 B36913 2006 v. 1

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    In attempting to portray the Holocaust and crimes against humanity on the big screen, film-makers generally have to address the key question of realism. This is both an ethical and an artistic issue. The full range of approaches has been adopted, covering documentaries and fiction, historical reconstructions depicting reality in all its details, and more symbolic films. Is cinema the best way of informing the younger generations about what took place, or should this perhaps be left, for example, to CD-ROMs, videos or archive collections? What is the difference between these and the cinema as an art form? Is it possible to inform and appeal to the emotions without being explicit? Is emotion itself, though often very intense, not ambivalent? These are the questions addressed by this book which sets out to show that the cinema, a major art form today, cannot merely depict the horrors of concentration camps but must also nurture greater sensitivity among increasingly younger audiences, inured by the many images of violence conveyed in the media.--Publisher's description.
    Uniform Title
    Shoah à l'écran. English
    Variant Title
    Representing crimes against humanity
    Format
    Book
    Author/Creator
    Baron, Anne-Marie.
    Published
    Strasbourg : Council of Europe Pub., c2006-
    Contents
    Introduction
    pt. 1. Documentary views. One school of thought
    Other views
    pt. 2. American fiction films
    pt. 3. European fiction films
    pt. 4. Comedies.
    Notes
    Includes bibliographical references.
    Introduction -- pt. 1. Documentary views. One school of thought -- Other views -- pt. 2. American fiction films -- pt. 3. European fiction films -- pt. 4. Comedies.
    In English, translated from French.

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    English
    ISBN
    9287159602
    9789287159601
    Physical Description
    volumes ; 24 cm

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