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The Hollywood Historical Film
Robert Burgoyne
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Description for The Hollywood Historical Film
Hardback. 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. Series: New Approaches to Film Genre. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 167 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
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.
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Series
New Approaches to Film Genre
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United States
ISBN
9781405146029
SKU
V9781405146029
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Robert Burgoyne
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.
Reviews for The Hollywood Historical Film
"The Hollywood Historical Film works well as a historiographical study .... The book most certainly fulfills the editor's goal of furnishing educators and students entertaining and informative looks at major film genres. Burgoyne does a masterful job with the featured films and detailed descriptions of the ways filmmakers used cinematic techniques and imagery to write history." (Quarterly Review of Film ... Read more