The Hollywood Historical Film

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-4051-4602-9
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 417 g

Reihe: New Approaches to Film Genre

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

Zielgruppe

undergraduate students of historical film genres, contemporary Hollywood film, film history, and popular culture, general readers and fans of the historical film genre

Autoren/Hrsg.

Burgoyne, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations.

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

1. The Cinematic Writing of History: An Overview.

2. The War Film: Saving Private Ryan.

3. The Epic Film: Gladiator and Spartacus.

4. The Biographical Film: Schindler’s List.

5. The Metahistorical Film: JFK.

6. The Topical Historical Film: United 93 and World Trade Center.

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Robert Burgoyne is Professor of English and Film Studies at Wayne State University. He is the author of Bertolucci’s 1900: A Narrative and Historical Analysis; Film Nation: Hollywood Looks at U.S. History; and coauthor, with Robert Stam and Sandy Flitterman-Lewis, of New Vocabularies in Film Semiotics.