The Hollywood Historical Film (New Approaches to Film Genre) (Paperback)
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Short Description for The Hollywood Historical Film A comprehensive analysis of the historical film-a popular and controversial genre that's been with us since the early days of cinema-and Hollywood's unique ability to reshape our viewpoints while it sensually recreates the past.
Full description- Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)
- Published: 15 February 2008
- Format: Paperback 192 pages
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- Categories: Films, Cinema | Film Theory & Criticism
- ISBN 13: 9781405146036 ISBN 10: 1405146036
- Sales rank: 473,847
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Full description for The Hollywood Historical Film
A comprehensive analysis of the historical film-a popular and controversial genre that's been with us since the early days of cinema-and Hollywood's unique ability to reshape our viewpoints while it sensually recreates the past.* Provides a complete guide to the unique characteristics of historical film, distinguishing among sub-genres such as historical epics, war films, biographies, topical films, and meta-historic works like Nixon and JFK* Offers detailed analyses of groundbreaking films such as Spartacus, Schindler's List, and United 93* Examines the dual role of the historical film to entertain and educate, with its tendency to arouse critical and popular controversy* Stimulates discussion about Hollywood's power to persuade and reshape our views of the past
