Film Style and the World War II Combat Genre.
Title:
Film Style and the World War II Combat Genre.
Author:
Bender, Stuart.
ISBN:
9781443865494
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (343 pages)
Contents:
CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- PART I: THEORY, CRITICISM, AND COMBAT FILM STYLE -- CHAPTER ONE - INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER TWO - CRITICISM AS A PRACTICE -- CHAPTER THREE - ALTERNATIVE FILM STUDIES -- CHAPTER FOUR - QUENTIN TARANTINO'S INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (2009) -- PART II: STYLE IN THE WW2 COMBAT FILMS OF THE 1940s AND 2000s -- INTRODUCTION TO PART TWO -- CHAPTER FIVE - EDITING OR MISE-EN-SCENE -- CHAPTER SIX - CINEMATOGRAPHY -- CHAPTER SEVEN - SOUND -- CHAPTER EIGHT - THE PERFORMANCE AND REPRESENTATION OF DEATH IN COMBAT -- PART III: REALISM, STYLE, AND THE IMAGINATION -- INTRODUCTION TO PART THREE -- CHAPTER NINE - "GETTING THE SHOT" -- CHAPTER TEN - "I'LL SEE YOU ON THE BEACH" -- CHAPTER ELEVEN - CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- LIST OF FILMS AND VIDEO GAMES CITED -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.
Abstract:
Film Style and the World War II Combat Genre is a detailed examination of the stylistic means by which filmmakers depict stories of combat. The work furthers contemporary discussions by analyzing a range of World War II combat films to a degree of detail which has previously escaped critical attention. This substantial examination of cinematography, sound, editing and acting in a range of movies including Saving Private Ryan, Windtalkers, Bataan, and Objective Burma! demonstrates the importan...
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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