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Reconstructing American Historical Cinema explores Hollywood's pivotal interpretations of national history during the height of the studio system. In a radical departure from traditional studies of film and history, J. E. Smyth looks at rarely discussed production records and scripts from studio archives, arguing that certain classical Hollywood filmmakers were actively engaged in a self-conscious and often critical filmic writing of national history. Her unique approach unites the study of popular and academic historical writing, historical fiction, and screenwriting, providing a rich cont

Motion pictures and history. --- Historical films --- History and motion pictures --- Moving-pictures and history --- History --- History and criticism.

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This collection of essays addresses important questions about the relationship between fact and fiction: When does history become myth, and when does myth become legend? Does a romanticized view of history distort the reality it is trying to convey, or in capturing the "spirit" of history, does it teach history in ways that mere fact cannot? What is the impact of motion pictures on our understandings of history and on historical memory? And what of the lives of the individuals it portrays? These essays introduce arguments about how storytelling within a film can help the viewer understand a historical situation better, and even empathize with historical figures in a new way.

Historical films --- Film adaptations --- History in motion pictures. --- Motion pictures and history. --- Motion pictures --- History and motion pictures --- Moving-pictures and history --- History --- History and criticism.

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Hollywood has a growing fascination with America's past. This is evidenced in the release of a rash of films of this genre in the past 25 years. This book offers an analysis of how and why contemporary Hollywood films have sought to mediate American history. It is the first book to explore, comprehensively, the post-Cold War period of film-making, and to consider whether or how far contemporary films have begun to unravel the unifying myths of earlier films and periods. It also considers why such films are becoming increasingly integral to the ambitions of a globally-focused American film industry. The relationship between film and history - the way in which film mediates history and vice versa - is a complex one. In this book, the authors work from two main assumptions. First, that films revision events to challenge or, perhaps more typically, to reaffirm traditional historical interpretations. Second, that this process can only be understood in the context of contemporary debates about identity politics, America's role in world affairs, and the globalisation of the American film business.

Historical films --- Motion pictures and history. --- History and motion pictures --- Moving-pictures and history --- History --- History and criticism. --- United States --- In motion pictures.

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In this imaginative new work, Adam Lowenstein explores the ways in which a group of groundbreaking horror films engaged the haunting social conflicts left in the wake of World War II, Hiroshima, and the Vietnam War. Lowenstein centers Shocking Representation around readings of films by Georges Franju, Michael Powell, Shindo Kaneto, Wes Craven, and David Cronenberg. He shows that through allegorical representations these directors' films confronted and challenged comforting historical narratives and notions of national identity intended to soothe public anxieties in the aftermat

Horror films - History and criticism. --- Motion pictures and history. --- Horror films --- Motion pictures and history --- Music, Dance, Drama & Film --- Film --- History and motion pictures --- Moving-pictures and history --- History --- History and criticism

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Biographical films --- Motion pictures and history. --- History and motion pictures --- Moving-pictures and history --- History --- Bio-pics --- Biographical videos --- Biopics --- Film biographies --- Screen biographies --- Biography --- Motion pictures --- History and criticism.