- Summary
- "Film moves audiences like no other medium; both documentaries and feature films are especially remarkable for their ability to Influence viewers. In Why We Fought: America's Wars in Film and History, editors Peter C. Rollins and John E. O'Connor explore tile complexities of war films, describing the ways in which such productions interpret history and illuminate American values, politics, and culture." "This comprehensive volume covers representations of war in film from the American Revolution to today's Global War on Terror. The contributors examine iconic battle films such as The Big Parade (1925), All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), From Here to Eternity (1953), and Platoon (1986), considering them as historical artifacts. The authors explain how film shapes our cultural understanding of military conflicts, analyzing the depiction of war on television programs, through news media outlets, and in fictional and factual texts."--Jacket.
- Series
- Film & history
Film & history (Lexington, Ky.)
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©2008
- Locale
- United States
États-Unis
USA
- Contents
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pt. I: The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries: revolution, conquest, and union
The American revolution on the screen: Drums along the Mohawk and The patriot / John E. O'Connor
Reprinting the legend: the Alamo on film / Frank Thompson
Assessing television's version of history: the Mexican-American war and the KERA documentary series / James Yates
Ken Burns's rebirth of a nation: The civil war as made-for-television history / Gary R. Edgerton
"It's what people say we're fighting for": representing the lost cause in Cold mountain / Robert M. Myers
pt. 2: The twentieth century: total war. The great war viewed from the 1920s: The big parade / Michael T. Isenberg
Technology and "reel patriotism" in American film advertising of the World War I era / James Latham
Culture wars and the local screen: the reception of westfront 1918 and All quiet on the western front in one German city / David Imhoof
The peace, isolationist, and anti-interventionist movements and interwar Hollywood / John Whiteclay Chambers II
The B movie goes to war in Hitler, beast of Berlin / Cynthia J. Miller
Why we fight and Projections of America: Frank Capra, Robert Riskin, and the making of World War II propaganda / Ian S. Scott
On telling the truth about war: World War II and Hollywood's moral fiction, 1945-1956 / Frank J. Wetta, Martin A. Novelli
James Jones, Columbia Pictures, and the historical confrontations of From here to eternity / J.E. Smyth
Hollywood's D-Day from the perspective of the 1960s and 1990s: The longest day and Saving Private Ryan / Robert Brent Toplin
pt. 3: Cold War and insurgency: the paradox of limited wars. Cold War Berlin in the movies: from The big lift to The promise / Thomas W. Maulucci Jr
Invaders of the Cold War: generic disruptions and shifting gender roles in The day the earth stood still / Susan A. George
Using popular culture to study the Vietnam War: perils and possibilities / Peter C. Rollins
Fragments of war: Oliver Stone's Platoon / Lawrence W. Lichty, Raymond L. Carroll
The quiet American: Graham Greene's Vietnam novel through the lenses of two eras / William S. Bushnell
pt. 4: The twentieth-century: terrorism and asymmetrical conflicts
Operation restore honor in Black hawk down / John Shelton Lawrence, John G. McGarrahan
Documentary and the Iraq War: a new genre for new realities / Jeffrey Chown
Jessica Lynch and the regeneration of American identity post 9/11 / Stacy Takacs
Representing the unrepresentable: 9/11 on film and television / James Kendrick.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Rollins, Peter C.
O'Connor, John E.
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 566-574) and index.
Includes filmography: pages 529-565.
pt. I: The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries: revolution, conquest, and union -- The American revolution on the screen: Drums along the Mohawk and The patriot / John E. O'Connor -- Reprinting the legend: the Alamo on film / Frank Thompson -- Assessing television's version of history: the Mexican-American war and the KERA documentary series / James Yates -- Ken Burns's rebirth of a nation: The civil war as made-for-television history / Gary R. Edgerton -- "It's what people say we're fighting for": representing the lost cause in Cold mountain / Robert M. Myers -- pt. 2: The twentieth century: total war. The great war viewed from the 1920s: The big parade / Michael T. Isenberg -- Technology and "reel patriotism" in American film advertising of the World War I era / James Latham -- Culture wars and the local screen: the reception of westfront 1918 and All quiet on the western front in one German city / David Imhoof -- The peace, isolationist, and anti-interventionist movements and interwar Hollywood / John Whiteclay Chambers II -- The B movie goes to war in Hitler, beast of Berlin / Cynthia J. Miller -- Why we fight and Projections of America: Frank Capra, Robert Riskin, and the making of World War II propaganda / Ian S. Scott -- On telling the truth about war: World War II and Hollywood's moral fiction, 1945-1956 / Frank J. Wetta, Martin A. Novelli -- James Jones, Columbia Pictures, and the historical confrontations of From here to eternity / J.E. Smyth -- Hollywood's D-Day from the perspective of the 1960s and 1990s: The longest day and Saving Private Ryan / Robert Brent Toplin -- pt. 3: Cold War and insurgency: the paradox of limited wars. Cold War Berlin in the movies: from The big lift to The promise / Thomas W. Maulucci Jr -- Invaders of the Cold War: generic disruptions and shifting gender roles in The day the earth stood still / Susan A. George -- Using popular culture to study the Vietnam War: perils and possibilities / Peter C. Rollins -- Fragments of war: Oliver Stone's Platoon / Lawrence W. Lichty, Raymond L. Carroll -- The quiet American: Graham Greene's Vietnam novel through the lenses of two eras / William S. Bushnell -- pt. 4: The twentieth-century: terrorism and asymmetrical conflicts -- Operation restore honor in Black hawk down / John Shelton Lawrence, John G. McGarrahan -- Documentary and the Iraq War: a new genre for new realities / Jeffrey Chown -- Jessica Lynch and the regeneration of American identity post 9/11 / Stacy Takacs -- Representing the unrepresentable: 9/11 on film and television / James Kendrick.
