Film style and the world war II combat genre / by Stuart Bender.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bender, Stuart.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Motion pictures and the war.

World War, 1939-1945.

War and motion pictures.

Physical Description:

ix, 333 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Newcastle Upon Tyne, U.K. : Cambridge Scholars, 2013.

Summary:

Film Style and the World War II Combat Genre is a detailed examination of the stylistic means by which filmmakers depict stories of combat. The work furthers contemporary discussions by analyzing a range of World War II combat films to a degree of detail which has previously escaped critical attention. This substantial examination of cinematography, sound, editing and acting in a range of movies including Saving Private Ryan, Windtalkers, Bataan, and Objective Burma! demonstrates the importance of close attention to the textual construction of these films specifically, as well as cinematic texts more generally. The work advances the original analytic descriptions of "controlled spontaneity" and "reported realism" as theoretical concepts which explain why viewers regard certain stylistic techniques as realistic. This notion of realism is then further understood through reference to a body of research in cognitive psychology to argue that the density of audio-visual information in contemporary combat films is a significant factor in creating a sense of realism. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Theory, Criticism, and Combat Film Style

Chapter 1 Introduction 2

Chapter 2 Criticism as a Practice 17

Chapter 3 Alternative Film Studies: A Description of Style and Filmmaking Practice 49

Chapter 4 Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds (2009): "Stok der Nation" and the Problem of a Film-within-the-Film 56

Part II Style in the WW2 Combat Films of the 1940s and 2000s

Introduction to Part Two 76

Chapter 5 Editing or mise-en-scene 78

Chapter 6 Cinematography 88

Chapter 7 Sound 132

Chapter 8 The Performance and Representation of Death in Combat 145

Part III Realism, Style, and the Imagination

Introduction to Part Three 166

Chapter 9 "Getting the Shot": Rethinking the Handheld Camera of Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan 167

Chapter 10 "I'll See You On the Beach": The Details of Performance in Saving Private Ryan 194

Chapter 11 Conclusion: Realism, Increased Detail, and Cognitive Simulation 224.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [307]-327) and index.

ISBN:

1443843369

9781443843362

OCLC:

822667088

Publisher Number:

99954773893