The Hollywood War Film

The Hollywood War Film By Robert Eberwein(auth.), Barry Keith Grant(eds.)
2009 | 191 Pages | ISBN: 1405173912 | PDF | 12 MB
The Hollywood War Film offers readers a lively introductionto the theory, history, stars, and major films constituting this vital genre, fromHollywood’s earliest days to the current moment Combines broad historical and theoretical coverage of the genre with in-depth analysis of specific films Includes chapters on All Quiet on the Western Front, World War II combat films, Platoon and Full Metal Jacket, Eastwood’s Iwo Jima films, and Iraq war films An ideal text for perennially popular courses on the war film genre Content: Chapter 1 Historical Overview (pages 14-41): Chapter 2 Critical Issues (pages 42-62): Chapter 3 All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) (pages 63-75): Chapter 4 Destination Tokyo (1943) and Retaliation Films (pages 76-92): Chapter 5 Platoon (1986) and Full Metal Jacket (1987) (pages 93-109): Chapter 6 Glory (1989) (pages 110-121): Chapter 7 The Iraq Wars on Film (pages 122-135): Chapter 8 Iwo Jima (pages 136-151):