Film and politics in America : a social tradition / Brian Neve.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Neve, Brian.

Series:

Studies in film, television, and the media.

Studies in film, television, and the media

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture industry--United States--History.

Motion picture industry.

Motion pictures--Political aspects--United States.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Social aspects--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (302 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In A Social Cinema: Film-making and Politics in America, Brian Neve presents a study of the social and political nature of American film by concentrating on a generation of writers from the thirties who directed films in Hollywood in the 1940's. He discusses how they negotiated their roles in relation to the studio system, itself undergoing change, and to what extent their experience in the political and theatre movements of thirties New York was to be reflected in their later films.Focusing in particular on Orson Welles, Elia Kazan, Jules Dassin, Abraham Polonsky, Nicholas Ray, R

Contents:

Front Cover; Film and Politics in America; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; 1. Out of the thirties; 2. Populism, romanticism and Frank Capra; 3. Liberals, radicals and the wartime agenda; 4. Post-war Holly wood; 5. Post-war: new directors and structures; 6. Film noir and society; 7. Into the fifties; 8. The sixties; Notes; Select bibliography; Index of films; General index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-270) and indexes.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-134-97331-4

0-415-02619-9

1-138-16925-0

1-134-97332-2

1-280-04740-2

0-203-64553-7

9780203645536

OCLC:

252884561