Combat Films

American Realism, 1945–2010 (livre en anglais)

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de Steven Jay Rubin

Type: Etudes
Sujet: Genre > Films de guerre
Mots Clés: films de guerre, cinéma américain, réalisme
Année d'édition: 2011
Editeur: McFarland & Co; 2nd edition
Langue: anglais

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Broché • 312 pages
18 x 25,5 cm

ISBN

978-0-7864-5892-9

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Description de l'ouvrage :
This critical text offers a behind-the-scenes look at fifteen of the most important American war films of the last 60 years. Based on original interviews and archival research and featuring rare photographs, this book covers films considered unusually realistic for the genre. The original edition (1981) covered war films through World War II, while the present, expanded edition includes seven new chapters covering the Civil War, the American gunboat presence in China in the 1920s, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the fighting in Mogadishu in 1993 and the war in Iraq.

À propos de l'auteur :
Steven Jay Rubin, the author of several books about film, is a motion picture producer based in Los Angeles.

Revue de Presse :
"thoroughly researched and engagingly told tales offer sufficient evaluation of the movies’ importance to intrigue fans as they read about their favorite mud-slogging heroes"—Booklist; "an absorbing book"—Classic Images; "nicely written…fans of World War II cinema will want this volume"—Big Reel; "an insightful study"—Photoplay; "fascinating stuff"—West Coast Review of Books; "the selection of films is excellent"—L.A. Times; "expertly put together…a useful addition"—Screen International; "an insightful study"—Cinema Canada; "focuses insightfully on eight war films and their makers"—American Cinematographer.

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