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Books on: war on film

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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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...womans film; Oh, What a Lovely War! 1969 , a musical; Fort Apache...WWII-air-in-the-Pacific film . The Genre of the War Film The war film is identifiable as a genre because individual war films share certain common elements...
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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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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

...to suggest paradigms for the war itself. "By having Robin Williams...experience as it has been mediated in film and literature and the cinematic...and direct Hollywood feature films based, at least in part, on...Vietnam initially as a World War II combat film in Platoon and then as a post...
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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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...the thematic substance of the film is technological inevitability...Robert Hatch must have viewed the film in this way for he describes...sky. The following cut to the War Room with the ensuing discussions...merely a movie about nuclear war; it is also an attack on a basic...
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World War II, Film, and History

Book by John Whiteclay Chambers, David Culbert; Oxford University Press, 1996

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World War, 1939-1945--Motion Pictures And The War

Collections: History, Entire Library

...historical sources about World War II. The unifying theme of World War II, Film , and History is that...representation of past wars is itself a cultural construction...increasing degree, memory of wars won and lost, like other...In this sense, World War II is increasingly a visual...

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Journal Articles on: war on film

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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

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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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"Tunisian Victory" and Anglo-American Film Propaganda in World War II

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

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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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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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Tokyo, the Day the War Ended

Journal article by Raymond Fielding; Film & History, Vol. 36, 2006

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Asian history, Biological & chemical weapons, Documentary films, Motion pictures, Warships, World War II

Collections: History, Entire Library

...from Japanese prisoner of war camps, are then invited...of his award-winning films deal with war and its conduct. These...on Chinese prisoners of war). Saipan (collective...United States. This new film of his has already been...together with other films of his, will make its...

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Magazine Articles on: war on film

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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

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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

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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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Films Focus on Military History

Magazine article; VFW, Veterans of Foreign Wars Magazine, Vol. 87, September 1999

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Diplomatic & consular services, Documentary films, International relations-US, Korean War, Military history, Navy-US, Peterson, Pete, Television programs, United States, Vietnam

Collections: History, Entire Library

Films Focus on Military History Films Focus on Military History The Korean War: Fire and Ice, produced by The History...mini-series comprehensively covers the war. Fabulous footage makes the film come alive. Also included are interviews...

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Newspaper Articles on: war on film

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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

Subjects:

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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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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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

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

...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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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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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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Encyclopedia Articles on: war on film

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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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Hawks, Howard

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...Hawks), 1896 1977, American film director, b. Goshen, Ind...directorial career began in the silent film era with The Road to Glory...evident in his more than 40 films, which cover an unusually wide...become classics, including the war film The Dawn Patrol (1930), the...
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Higginson, Thomas Wentworth

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...Volunteers, the first black regiment in the Civil War, was the basis of the film Glory (1989). A versatile author and an able scholar...1906 (1921); C. Looby, ed., The Complete Civil War Journal and Selected Letters of Thomas Wentworth Higginson...
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Autry, Gene

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...Hollywood in the early 1930s and starred in his first film, Tumbling Tumbleweeds, (of nearly 100) in 1935...famous horse, Champion. After serving in World War II (1942 45), he resumed his film career and starred (1950 56) in a popular television...
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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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