UNDER FIRE A CENTURY OF WAR MOVIES
Written by Jay Slater
Published by Ian Allan
in 2009
ISBN: 9780711033856
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- HISTORY
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- PERFORMING ARTS
- FILM
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UNDER FIRE A CENTURY OF WAR MOVIES
Written by Jay Slater.
Stock no. 1804808
1st.
2009.
Softcover.
Nearly fine condition.
A cinematic insight that can be enjoyed by serious historians of 20th century cinema as well as more general movie fans. Cardwraps. B/w photos. 288 pages including index. ISBN: 9780711033856.
Front cover
Contents
- 'C'est la guerre.' 'War is war.' 'Dienst ist dienst.': How Hollywood Learned to Love the War Film by James Kidd
- 49th Parallel: That's for Thomas Mann.... That's for Matisse.... That's for Picasso... And.... that's for me! by Kim Newman
- Don't Let's Be Beastly to the Germans by Julian Petley
- British Propaganda Films of World War 2 by Karen McCreedy
- "Don't Come to Me with Politicial Material!" Joseph Goebbels and Nazi Propaganda by Ellen Cheshire
- War and the Film Noir by Eddie Robson
- 1950's British War Movies and the Myth of World War 2 by Tom Dawson
- Missing in Action: Where was John Wayne? by Paul Edwards
- Apocalypse Now: World War 3, WMD's and the End of the World as We Know It by James Moltram
- The Epic Versus the B-Movie by Robert Davenport
- Jungle Fever: How Vietnam Changed the Hollywood War Movie by James Mottram
- Ilsa, Kitty, Underwater Zombies, Testicle Transplants and Trampolines the Nazi Exploitation Film by Mike Mayo
- Under Pressure: Depth-Charging, Confined Drama and Life On and Under the Water in the Submarine War Movie by David Etherington
- Young Hearts and Minds in a Time of Sound and Fury: The War Movie and Childhood by James Clarke
- Not So Silent Night: The World War 2 Hollywood Christmas film by James Evans
- Goose-Stepping in Space: Fascism, World War 2 and Giant Bugs in Starship Troopers by Jamie Russell
- Drawing Fire: Animation and the War Film by James Clarke
- Ghosts of War by Sean Hogan
- Lights, Camera, Incoming! How YouTube Rewrote the War Movie by Jamie Russell
- Battleground: Storming the Beaches - Recent Popular Culture and the Representation of Warfare by Esther MacCallum-Stewart