The Cold War on Film / Paul Frazier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frazier, Paul, author.

Series:

Hollywood History.

Hollywood History

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Espionage in motion pictures.

Politics in motion pictures.

Cold War in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (199 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2023.

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara : ABC-CLIO, 2021.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

The Cold War on Film illustrates how to use film as a teaching tool. It stands on its own as an account of both the war and the major films that have depicted it. Memories of the Cold War have often been shaped by the popular films that depict it-for example, The Manchurian Candidate, The Hunt for Red October, and Charlie Wilson's War, among others. The Cold War on Film examines how the Cold War has been portrayed through a selection of 10 iconic films that represent it through dramatization and storytelling, as opposed to through documentary footage. The book includes an introduction to the war's history and a timeline of events. Each of the 10 chapters that follow focuses on a specific Cold War film. Chapters offer a uniquely detailed level of historical context for the films, weighing their depiction of events against the historical record and evaluating how well or how poorly those films reflected the truth and shaped public memory and discourse over the war. A comprehensive annotated bibliography of print and electronic sources aids students and teachers in further research.

Contents:

Series Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Chronology 1. The Third Man (1949) 2. The Manchurian Candidate (1962) 3. From Russia with Love (1963) 4. The Right Stuff (1983) 5. The Hunt for Red October (1990) 6. Thirteen Days (2000) 7. Charlie Wilson's War (2007) 8. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) 9. The Americans (2013-2018) 10. Bridge of Spies (2015) Bibliography Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798400628009

9798216062448

9781440872136

1440872139

OCLC:

1242022799