Inventing Vietnam

The War in Film and Television

Autor: Michael A. Anderegg

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Oprawa: Miękka

Wydawca: Temple University Press,U.S.

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The Vietnam War has been depicted by every available medium, each presenting a message, an agenda, o...

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Autor

Michael A. Anderegg

Język

Angielski

Oprawa

Książka - Miękka

Data wydania

1991

strony

295

EAN

9780877228622

ISBN

0877228620

Enbook ID

04946333

Wydawca

Temple University Press,U.S.

Waga

402

Wymiary

140 x 211 x 24

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The Vietnam War has been depicted by every available medium, each presenting a message, an agenda, of what the filmmakers and producers choose to project about America's involvement in Southeast Asia. This collection of essays, most of which are previously unpublished, analyzes the themes, modes, and stylistic strategies seen in a broad range of films and television programs. From diverse perspectives, the contributors comprehensively examine early documentary and fiction films, postwar films of the 1970s such as "The Deer Hunter" and "Apocalypse Now", and the reformulated postwar films of the 1980s "Platoon", "Full Metal Jacket", and "Born on the Fourth of July". They also address made-for-television movies and serial dramas like "China Beach" and "Tour of Duty". The authors show how the earliest film responses to America's involvement in Vietnam employ myth and metaphor and are at times unable to escape glamorized Hollywood. Later films strive to portray a more realistic Vietnam experience, often creating images that are an attempt to memorialize or to manufacture different kinds of myths. As they consider direct and indirect representations of the war, the contributors also examine the power or powerlessness of individual soldiers, the racial views presented, and inscriptions of gender roles. Also included in this volume is a chapter that discusses teaching Vietnam films and helping students discern and understand film rhetoric, what the movies say, and who they chose to communicate those messages. Michael Anderegg is Professor of English at the University of North Dakota, and author of two other books: "William Wyler" and "David Lean".

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