A companion to the historical film / edited by Robert A. Rosenstone and Constantin Parvulesu.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rosenstone, Robert A.

Parvulescu, Constantin

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historical films--History and criticism.

Historical films.

Motion pictures and history.

Physical Description:

xiii, 575 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.

Summary:

"Broad in scope, this interdisciplinary collection of original scholarship on historical film features essays that explore the many facets of this expanding field and provide a platform for promising avenues of research. Offers a unique collection of cutting edge research that questions the intention behind and influence of historical film Essays range in scope from inclusive broad-ranging subjects such as political contexts, to focused assessments of individual films and auteurs Prefaced with an introductory survey of the field by its two distinguished editors Features interdisciplinary contributions from scholars in the fields of History, Film Studies, Anthropology, and Cultural and Literary Studies "-- Provided by publisher.

"Broad in scope, this interdisciplinary collection of original scholarship on historical film features essays that explore the many facets of this expanding field and provide a platform for promising avenues of research"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part 1 History and the Medium of Film

1 Politics and the Historical Film: Hotel Rwanda and the Form of Engagement / Alison Landsberg Landsberg, Alison 11

2 History as Palimpsest: Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon (1975) / Maria Pramaggiore Pramaggiore, Maria 30

3 Flagging up History: The Past as a DVD Bonus Feature / Debra Ramsay Ramsay, Debra 53

4 The History Film as a Mode of Historical Thought / Robert A. Rosenstone Rosenstone, Robert A. 71

Part 2 Filmmakers as Historians

5 Julia's Resistant History: Women's Historical Films in Hollywood and the Legacy of Citizen Kane / J. E. Smyth Smyth, J. E. 91

6 Mark Donskoi's Gorky Trilogy and the Stalinist Biopic / Denise J. Youngblood Youngblood, Denise J. 110

7 The Subjects of History: Italian Filmmakers as Historians / Marcia Landy Landy, Marcia 133

8 Andrzej Wajda as Historian / Piotr Witek Witek, Piotr 154

Part 3 Telling Lives: The Biopic

9 Oliver Stone's Nixon: The Rise and Fall of a Political Gangster / Willem Hesling Hesling, Willem 179

10 Authorial Histories: The Historical Film and the Literary Biopic / Hila Shachar Shachar, Hila 199

11 The Biopic in Hindi Cinema / Rachel Dwyer Dwyer, Rachel 219

12 The Lives and Times of the Biopic / Dennis Bingham Bingham, Dennis 233

Part 4 Cinema and the Nation

13 Gang Wars: Warner Brothers' The Roaring Twenties Stars, News, and the New Deal / Paula Rabinowitz Rabinowitz, Paula 257

14 State Terrorism on Film: Argentine Cinema during the First Years of Democracy (1983-1990) / Mario Ranalletti Ranalletti, Mario 283

15 Fossil Frontiers: American Petroleum History on Film / Georgiana Banita Banita, Georgiana 301

16 Sounding the Depths of History: Opera and National Identity in Italian Film / Roger Hillman Hillman, Roger 328

Part 5 Wars and Revolutions

17 Generational Memory and Affect in Letters from Iwo Jima / Robert Burgoyne Burgoyne, Robert 349

18 Post-Heroic Revolution: Depicting the 1989 Events in the Romanian Historical Film of the Twenty-First Century / Constantin Parvulescu Parvulescu, Constantin 365

19 In Country: Narrating the Iraq War in Contemporary US Cinema / Guy Westwell Westwell, Guy 384

Part 6 Premodern Times

20 Heart and Clock: Time and History in The Immortal Heart and Other Films about the Middle Ages / Bettina Bildhauer Bildhauer, Bettina 407

21 The Anti-Samurai Film / Thomas Keirstead Keirstead, Thomas 425

Part 7 Slavery and the Postcolonial World

22 The Politics of Cine-Memory: Signifying Slavery in the History Film / Michael T. Martin Martin, Michael T., David C. Wall Wall, David C. 445

23 The African Past on Screen: Moving beyond Dualism / Vivian Bickford-Smith Bickford-Smith, Vivian 468

24 Colonial Legacies in Contemporary French Cinema: Jews and Muslims on Screen / Catherine Portuges Portuges, Catherine 490

25 "What's Love Got to Do with It?": Sympathy, Antipathy, and the Unsettling of Colonial American History in Film / Louis Kirk McAuley McAuley, Louis Kirk 513.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

1444337246

9781444337242

OCLC:

802327547

Publisher Number:

99954647795