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Books on: war films

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Celluloid Wars: A Guide to Film and the American Experience of War

Book by Frank J. Wetta, Stephen J. Curley; Greenwood Press, 1992

Subjects:

United States--In Motion Pictures, War Films--United States--Bibliography, War Films--United States--Catalogs, War Films--United States--History And Criticism

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approaches to war films. Each approach emphasizes a different aspect of war films: their subject, their audience...Been to See the Elephant: Film and Combat Experience," explores...interrelationships between fictional war films and actual combat experience...stills with pictures from actual wars. Chapters 3 through 14, the...
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Inventing Vietnam: The War in Film and Television

Book by Michael Anderegg; Temple University Press, 1991

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Television Plays, American--History And Criticism, Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--Motion Pictures And The Conflict, Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--Press Coverage, War Films--United States--History And Criticism

Collections: History, Entire Library

...vilify the enemy. After the war, World War II films either celebrated wartime heroism...good. The ambitions of such films seldom went much further. The importance of Vietnam films, in particular, may also be...Korean period. Precisely when film ceased to be the primary form...
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Armed Forces: Masculinity and Sexuality in the American War Film

Book by Robert Eberwein; Rutgers University Press, 2007

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Male Friendship In Motion Pictures, Masculinity In Motion Pictures, War Films--United States--History And Criticism

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...Isenberg, The Great War Viewed from the Twenties...useful material on the films of World War I...Isenberg, War on Film: The American Cinema and World War I (East Brunswick...The Story of a Film (London: I. B...The First World War and Popular Cinema...Similar respect for the films authenticity appears...incidents in the film which obviously come...
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Nuclear War Films

Book by Jack G. Shaheen; Southern Illinois University Press, 1978

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Fiction, Nuclear Warfare In Motion Pictures, War Films--History And Criticism

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...attitude toward atomic war. First, the film offers a pessimistic mood...unavoidable in most nuclear war films -- without it there could...by atomic power. Few films that followed Five were...Five typified the nuclear war film, presenting pessimistic...
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Film Front Weimar: Representations of the First World War in German Films of the Weimar Period (1919-1933)

Book by Bernadette Kester; Amsterdam University Press, 2003

Subjects:

Motion Pictures--Germany--History--20th Century, Propaganda, German--History--20th Century, World War, 1914-1918--Motion Pictures And The War

Collections: History, Entire Library

...study is concerned with German war films made in the Weimar period...The omission of several German films is balanced by the inclusion of two Austrian films, BRANDSTIFTER EUROPAS and NAMENLOSE...with the fact that some of the films discussed in this study have...confined to the narrative of the film as paraphrased in programmes...

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Journal Articles on: war films

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Great War Narrative into Film: Transformation, Reception, and Reaction

Journal article by Ann P. Linder; International Fiction Review, 2001

Subjects:

All Quiet on the Western Front (Motion picture)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Film adaptations--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Les Croix de bois (Motion picture)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., War films--Criticism, interpretation, etc., World War, 1914-1918--Portrayals, depictions, etc.

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...novel. The French myth of the war--centered on death and suffering...is embodied in Bernards film even more forcefully than in...rarities the French conviction that war must be avoided at all costs...internal and external, between the wars. The reception of the two war films in Berlin illuminates the singularity...
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Technology and "Reel Patriotism" in American Film Advertising of the World War I Era

Journal article by James Latham; West Virginia University Philological Papers, Vol. 51, 2004

Subjects:

Advertising campaigns--Influence, Advertising campaigns--Political aspects, Advertising campaigns--Social aspects, Mass media criticism, United States (World War I), War films--Advertising, War in motion pictures--Advertising, War movies--Advertising

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...3) Like the films they promoted, advertisements...rally support for the war effort and to exploit...as spectacle. War film promotion also valorized...rationing as well as war taxes that increased...prices. The CPI and film studios responded...produced war-related films so that they only...about what kinds of films really best served the public and the war effort. (22) Curiously...does not show the film that is being projected...
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Susan C. Boyd, Hooked: Drug War Films in Britain, Canada, and the U.S

Journal article by Michelle Brown; Canadian Journal of Sociology, Vol. 33, 2008

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Books--Book reviews, Hooked: Drug War Films in Britain, Canada, and the U.S. (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

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...Susan C. Boyd, Hooked: Drug War Films in Britain, Canada...Canadian, British, and American films. Boyd also examines films which disrupt hegemonic and...narratives from early cinema to drug films produced from the 1960s to the...the volume, Boyds sampling of film is smart and relevant, with...
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War, Documentary and Iraq Dossier: Film Truth in the Age of George W. Bush

Journal article by Charles Musser; Framework, Vol. 48, 2007

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Civil liberties, Documentary films, Executives, Iraq War-2003, Motion pictures, Murders & murder attempts, Politics, Technological change, Terrorism, United States

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...statements and actions in the anti-war movement. Over its title sequence...voice declares, "In other wars, captured Americans subjected...considered heroes. In other wars they were not abandoned. In...wanted to be recognized as a war hero, his sacrifices properly...nations TV viewers is airing a film that attacks John Kerry just...
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"Tunisian Victory" and Anglo-American Film Propaganda in World War II

Journal article by Frederic Krome; The Historian, Vol. 58, 1996

Subjects:

Propaganda, American--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Tunisian Victory (Motion picture)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., War films--Political aspects, World War, 1939-1945--Media coverage

Collections: History, Entire Library

...American Office of War Information (OWI...information about current film projects, their...completed copies of films. He suggested a...magnificent training films under the guidance of our own War Office."(6...perception that American film propagandists recognized...Mr. Capra Goes to War," 21-39. (20) The success of Capras films was known to the British Army Film Unit by the spring...

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Magazine Articles on: war films

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Hollywood, Year Zero: Now That the Internet Brings Us Uncensored Footage of the Iraq War, Film-Makers Must Move Quickly to Stay Relevant. by the NS's Award-Winning Film Critic, Ryan Gilbey

Magazine article by Ryan Gilbey; New Statesman, Vol. 136, November 12, 2007

Subjects:

Film genres--Social aspects, Iraq War, 2003---Portrayals, Motion picture industry--Forecasts and trends, Motion picture industry--Social aspects, Movie genres--Social aspects, Movie industry--Forecasts and trends, Movie industry--Social aspects, War--Portrayals, Wars--Portrayals

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...information. Both films eschew a singular...Palma, whose 1989 film Casualties of War told a near-identical...casualty of this war is gonna be truth...inability of the Iraq films to capture the uniquely...will end, so any film made now can only...Although the Iraq film is currently in its...they take. Recent war films (Days of Glory...
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The Unknown Soldiers: Tobias Grey Introduces a Film about the North African Soldiers in the Second World War Which Has Taken France by Storm, and Is Opening in Britain on March 30th

Magazine article by Tobias Grey; History Today, Vol. 57, April 2007

Subjects:

Bouchareb, Rachid--Works, Days of Glory (Motion picture)--Criticism and interpretation, Filmmakers--Works, Movie directors--Works, North Africa Campaign, 1940-1942--History, War films--Criticism and interpretation, War in motion pictures--Criticism and interpretation, War movies--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Soldiers in the Second World War Which Has Taken France...by Tobias Grey FOR THE FILM DIRECTOR RACHID BOUCHAREB...financial people that this film should be a big-budget...up 60 per cent of the films eventual 10 million pounds...Both are ostensibly war films which deal with the subject...despite winning the best film prize at the Cannes film...
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Sticking to the Script: During the Cold War, Hollywood's Anti-Soviet Message Was Loud and Clear. Today, the Film Industry Is More Likely to Censor by Omission, Writes John Pilger

Magazine article by John Pilger; New Statesman, Vol. 138, February 23, 2009

Subjects:

Motion picture industry--Forecasts and trends, Motion picture industry--Military aspects, Motion picture industry--Political aspects, Movie industry--Forecasts and trends, Movie industry--Military aspects, Movie industry--Political aspects, War films--Evaluation, War films--Forecasts and trends, War in motion pictures--Evaluation, War in motion pictures--Forecasts and trends, War movies--Evaluation, War movies--Forecasts and trends

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...the Script: During the Cold War, Hollywoods Anti-Soviet Message...the war in Vietnam, I wrote a film script as an antidote to the...articulates the new patriotism". The film celebrated immigrant America...virtually a documentary. "The film that could purge a nations guilt...was not the concern of these films. Rather, Vietnam was an...
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The Meaning of 300: In the Hands of Filmmakers, the Legendary Spartan Stand at Thermopylae Becomes Pro-War Political Propaganda in the New Film 300

Magazine article by Dennis Behreandt; The New American, Vol. 23, April 2, 2007

Subjects:

300 (Motion picture)--Criticism and interpretation, Historical films--Criticism and interpretation, Historical movies--Criticism and interpretation, Miller, Frank (American writer)--Works, War films--Criticism and interpretation, War in motion pictures--Criticism and interpretation, War movies--Criticism and interpretation

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...at Thermopylae Becomes Pro-War Political Propaganda in the New Film 300. by Dennis Behreandt In...the country in the form of the film 300, the cinematic version...Spartans. According to the film, the Spartans were fighting...incongruous moment given that the films narrator had spent much of the...
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Rerunning Film Noir: As Americans Embraced the Future after World War II, They Entertained Themselves with Cinematic Visions of Mean Streets and Sordid Pasts. the Tale of Film Noir's Rise and Fall Has a Few Twists of Its Own

Magazine article by Richard Schickel; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 31, Summer 2007

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Film noir--Appreciation, Film noir--History, Films noirs--Appreciation, Films noirs--History, United States history--Social aspects, World War II, 1939-1945--Social aspects

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...words, the parade, like film noir, was directing...not forward. After the war, we were not so much...and the message of film noir was curiously at...national mood. Noir films, with their greatly...there would have been a film noir genre). Joe intends...appearing in one of her first films). At first, we think...turns out that during the war he was assigned to a...

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Newspaper Articles on: war films

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New 'Star Wars' Film Reveals Fabled 'Clone Wars'

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, August 23, 2008

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Cloning, Film and video production companies, Motion pictures, Movies, Video production companies, Warner Bros.

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Animations new CG-animated feature film event, "Star Wars: The Clone Wars." On-screen, the expansive...leading to the "period of civil war" famously mentioned at the...years ago in the very first Star Wars movie, the subject has ignited...had been seen in the previous films, and also introduces new characters...
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Clooney Acts the Goat as Psychic Soldier Waging a New Age War; VENICE FILM FESTIVAL

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), September 8, 2009

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Film festivals, Goats, Soldiers

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...as Psychic Soldier Waging a New Age War; VENICE FILM FESTIVAL. Byline: LEE MARSHALL THE...to destabilise Iraqi prisoners of war by exposing them to the Barney the...who tries to prove his mettle as a war correspondent after his wife leaves...
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The Truth Stitched Up in the War on Terror; FILM: The Road to Guantanamo, Berlin Festival

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), February 15, 2006

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Documentary films, Documentary movies, Festivals

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...The Truth Stitched Up in the War on Terror; FILM: The Road to Guantanamo, Berlin...MALCOLM THOSE who suspect that films that seamlessly mix documentary...before and during the Afghan war and a dramatised account of...been on parole in Tipton. The film assumes their complete innocence...
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Oh! What a Horrible War; Searching for the Truth: Broomfield Structures and Shoots His Film like a Documentary, Avoiding Melodramatic Effects A Drama Relived: Ex-Marine Elliot Ruiz Plays Corporal Ramirez

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), January 31, 2008

Subjects:

American soldiers, Documentary films, Documentary movies

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Oh! What a Horrible War; Searching for the Truth...Structures and Shoots His Film like a Documentary, Avoiding...of therecent American films about the Iraq war, has...have been trained. The films one polemical stance is...balanced document of the war than Brian De Palmas much...structured and shot as any film Broomfield has given us...
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War, Grief and Living Close to the Edge; Bfi London Film Festival

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), October 25, 2010

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Film festivals

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

War, Grief and Living Close to the Edge; Bfi London Film Festival. Byline: DEREK MALCOLM...of the Iraq war. Ken Loachs film, written once again by Paul...the violence around him. The film hammers away at its theme until...one of Loachs most memorable films but it keeps the watcher on...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: war films

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Ford, John , American Film Director

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

FORD, JOHN , American film director 1895 1973, American film director, b. Cape Elizabeth...Americana to over 200 feature films. Although Ford set films in other parts of the country...Academy Awards. During World War II he served in the U.S...
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Motion Pictures

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...1996). Japanese Film Since World War II, films produced in the East...flowering of Swedish films (c.1917 c.1924...When the Swedish film attained success...industry. After World War II, Gosta Werner...programs during World War II and has been widely...inception. Documentary films on a vast range of...every imaginable film technique are a primary...
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Hepburn, Audrey

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

HEPBURN, AUDREY 1929 93, film actress, b. Brussels as Audrey...she worked exclusively in films. Hepburns luminous beauty...eras leading men. Her other films include War and Peace (1956), The Nuns...gracing such unremarkable films as Robin and Marian (1976...
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Mishima, Yukio

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...some of his plays as well as directing and starring in films. During World War II he worked in an aircraft factory. Upon graduation...cent. and continues through the aftermath of World War II. The individual novels of this group are: Spring...
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Altman, Robert

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...ROBERT 1925 2006, American film director, b. Kansas...industrial and sports films (1946 56), and worked...several forgettable feature films, Altman his first success...H (1970), a Korean War comedy-drama that implicitly...numerous idiosyncratic films, including Brewster McCloud...Jimmy Dean (play and film, 1982), Streamers...

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