Film is like a battleground : Sam Fuller's war movies / Marsha Gordon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gordon, Marsha, 1971- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fuller, Samuel, 1912-1997--Criticism and interpretation.

Fuller, Samuel.

War films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.

Summary:

'Film is Like a Battleground' focuses on the genre that best defined the American director's career: the war film. It draws on previously unexplored archival materials, such as Fuller's Federal Bureau of Investigation files and WWII-era amateur films, to explore the director's lifelong interest in making movies representing war and conflict.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note:

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

Ch 1: Sam Fuller's First War Movie

Ch 2: A Complicated Conflict: The Steel Helmet & Fixed Bayonets!

Ch 3: Cold War Stories: Pickup on South Street and Hell and High Water

Ch 4: More War in Asia: China Gate & The Rifle

Ch 5: Looking Back at World War II: Verboten!, Dogface, & Merrill's Marauders

Ch 6: Reimagining the War: The Big Red One

Conclusion: Returning to the Scene of the Crime: Falkenau

The Impossible

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-026977-4

0-19-026976-6

0-19-065729-4