Cinema's Military Industrial Complex / Haidee Wasson, Lee Grieveson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Grieveson, Lee, Editor.

Wasson, Haidee, Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military cinematography--United States.

Military cinematography.

War films--United States--History and criticism.

War films.

Motion picture industry--Military aspects--United States.

Motion picture industry.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (396 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The vast and influential American military has been aided and abetted by cinema since the earliest days of the medium. The army, navy, and air force put films to work in myriad ways, enlisting them to entertain, train, and heal soldiers as well as to propagandize, strategize, spy, map, and develop weapons, from rifles to atomic bombs. Presenting new essays based on archival research, Cinema's Military Industrial Complex addresses the relationship of military cinema to Hollywood, technological innovation, new modes of filmmaking, unique film styles and genres, and the rise of American soft power across the long twentieth century. This rich and timely volume is essential for scholars interested in the military's use of media and the exercise of influence within and beyond American borders.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

1. The Military's Cinema Complex / Grieveson, Lee / Wasson, Haidee

PART ONE. THE MILITARY'S CINEMA APPARATUS

2. Experimental Viewing Protocols: Film Projection and the American Military / Wasson, Haidee

3. Mobilizing the Moving Image: Movie Machines at US Military Bases and Veterans' Hospitals during World War II / Kelley, Andrea

4. Through America's Eyes: Cinerama and the Cold War / Prime, Rebecca

5. An Army of Theaters: Military, Technological, and Industrial Change in US Army Motion-Picture Exhibition / Melnick, Ross

PART TWO. STRATEGIES OF VIEWING

6. War in Peace: The American Legion and the Continuing Service of Film / Rice, Tom

7. Managing the Trauma of Labor: Military Psychiatric Cinema in World War II / Scott, Kaia

8. The Cinema Intelligence Apparatus: Gregory Bateson, the Museum of Modern Art Film Library, and the Intelligence Work of Film Studies during World War II / Brennan, Nathaniel

9. Epistemology of the Checkpoint: Gillo Pontecorvo's Battle of Algiers and the Doctrine of Counterinsurgency / Hediger, Vinzenz

PART THREE. MILITARY-MADE MOVIES

10. Between the Front Lines: Military Training Films, Machine Guns, and the Great War / Hoof, Florian

11. From Wartime Instruction to Superpower Cinema: Maintaining the Military-Industrial Documentary / Tsika, Noah

12. Framing the Bomb in the West: The View from Lookout Mountain / Courtney, Susan

13. Occupation, Diplomacy, and the Moving Image: The US Army as Cultural Interlocutor in Korea, 1945-1948 / Park-Primiano, Sueyoung

14. Shots Made around the World: DASPO's Documentation of the Vietnam War / Paasche, James

PART FOUR. THE MILITARY AND ITS COLLABORATORS

15. War, Media, and the Security of State and Capital / Grieveson, Lee

16. Star Testimonies: World War and the Cultural Politics of Authority / Collins, Sue

17. "A Treacherous Tightrope": The Office of War Information, Psychological Warfare, and Film Distribution in Liberated Europe / Lovejoy, Alice

18. "A Campaign of Truth": Marshall Plan Films in Greece / Loukopoulou, Katerina

Bibliography

List of Contributors

Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Dez 2019)

ISBN:

9780520965263

0520965264

OCLC:

1002693071