The Hollywood Historical Film

The Hollywood Historical Film - New Approaches to Film Genre

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Publisher's Synopsis

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

Book information

ISBN: 9781405146036
Publisher: Wiley
Imprint: Wiley Blackwell
Pub date:
DEWEY: 791.436580973
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 173
Weight: 276g
Height: 155mm
Width: 236mm
Spine width: 12mm