World War II on film / David Luhrssen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Luhrssen, David, author.

Series:

Hollywood History.

Hollywood History

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures and history.

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

War films.

World War, 1939-1945--Mass media and the war.

World War, 1939-1945.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxv, 187 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2023.

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara : ABC-CLIO, 2020.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

World War II on Film examines the war through the lens of 12 films. The movies selected include productions made during World War II and in each succeeding decade, providing a sense of how different generations perceive the war. World War II on Film provides a succinct yet well-grounded appraisal of that war as seen through 12 representative films. The book separates fact from fiction, showing where the movies were accurate and where they departed from reality, and places them in the larger context of historical and social events. Each movie chosen represents a particular aspect of the conflict, including the air war over Europe, the condition of prisoners of war, Nazi atrocities, and the British evacuation at Dunkirk. Unlike most histories of Hollywood during World War II or the genre of war movies, World War II on Film examines in depth the relation between the depictions of events, beliefs, attitudes, and ways of life as seen on film with reality as documented by historians or recorded by journalists or eye-witnesses to the war. The volume will appeal to high school and college readers, as well as general interest readers and film buffs.

Contents:

Series Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Chronology 1. Saboteur (1942) 2. Casablanca (1942) 3. Twelve O'Clock High (1949) 4. From Here to Eternity (1953) 5. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 6. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) 7. Patton (1970) 8. Das Boot (1981) 9. Saving Private Ryan (1998) 10. Enemy at the Gates (2001) 11. Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) 12. Dunkirk (2017) Bibliography Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798216039372

9798216168782

9781440871597

1440871590

OCLC:

1142884082