The Civil War On Film
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The Reel Civil War
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Author : Bruce Chadwick
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2009-08-19
The Reel Civil War written by Bruce Chadwick and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-19 with Performing Arts categories.
During the late nineteenth century, magazines, newspapers, novelists, and even historians presented a revised version of the Civil War that, intending to reconcile the former foes, downplayed the issues of slavery and racial injustice, and often promoted and reinforced the worst racial stereotypes. The Reel Civil War tells the history of how these misrepresentations of history made their way into movies. More than 800 films have been made about the Civil War. Citing such classics as Birth of a Nation and Gone With the Wind as well as many other films, Bruce Chadwick shows how most of them have, until recently, projected an image of gallant soldiers, beautiful belles, sprawling plantations, and docile or dangerous slaves. He demonstrates how the movies aided and abetted racism and an inaccurate view of American history, providing a revealing and important account of the power of cinema to shape our understanding of historical truth.
The Civil War On Film
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Author : Peg A. Lamphier
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023
The Civil War On Film written by Peg A. Lamphier and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with United States categories.
The Civil War on Film will inform high school and college readers interested in Civil War film history on issues that arise when film viewers confuse entertainment with historical accuracy. The nation's years of civil war were painful, destructive, and unpleasant. Yet war films tend to embrace mythologies that erase that historical reality, romanticizing the Civil War. The editors of this volume have little patience for any argument that implies race-based slavery isn't an entirely repugnant economic, political, and cultural institution and that the people who fought to preserve slavery were fighting for a glorious and admirable cause. To that end, The Civil War on Film will open with a timeline and introduction and then explore ten films across decades of cinema history in ten chapters, from Birth of a Nation, which debuted in 1915, to The Free State of Jones, which debuted one hundred and one years later. It will also analyze and critique the myriad of mythologies and ideologies which appear in American Civil War films, including Lost Cause ideation, Black Confederate fictions, Northern Aggression mythologies, and White Savior tropes. It will also suggest the way particular films mirror the time in which they were written and filmed. Further resources will close the volume.
European Civil War Films
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Author : Eleftheria Rania Kosmidou
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013
European Civil War Films written by Eleftheria Rania Kosmidou and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Art categories.
This book examines the ways in which late twentieth-century European cinema deals with the neglected subject of civil war. Exploring a range of films about the Spanish, Irish, former Yugoslavia, and Greek civil wars, this comparative and interdisciplinary study engages with contemporary debates in cultural memory and investigates the ways in which cinematic postmemory is problematic. Many of the films present an idealized past that glosses over the reality of these civil wars, at times producing a nostalgic discourse of loss and longing. Other films engage with the past in a melancholic fashion. These cinematic discourses articulate contemporary concerns, especially the loss of ideology and a utopian political horizon in the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet bloc in 1989, a date that marks a significant break in European history and an accompanying paradigm shift in European cultural memory. Filmmakers examined include Trueba, Cuerda, Loach, Jordan, Kusturica, Dragojevic, and Angelopoulos.
The American Civil War On Film And Tv
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Author : Douglas Brode
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017
The American Civil War On Film And Tv written by Douglas Brode and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Social Science categories.
Whether on the big screen or small, films featuring the American Civil War have provided the setting, ideologies, and character archetypes for cinematic narratives of morality, race, gender, and nation. Nineteen essays explore all these issues; spanning a wide range of films, from the silent era to the present, as well as several television mini-series, this volume provides a critical conversation about the Civil War on film.
Gone With The Glory
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Author : Brian Steel Wills
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Release Date : 2011-10-16
Gone With The Glory written by Brian Steel Wills and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-16 with History categories.
From Birth of a Nation to Cold Mountain, hundreds of directors, actors, and screenwriters have used the Civil War to create compelling cinema. However, each generation of moviemakers has resolved the tug of war between entertainment value and historical accuracy differently. Historian Brian Steel Wills takes readers on a journey through the portrayal of the war in film, exploring what Hollywood got right and wrong, how the films influenced each other, and, ultimately, how the movies reflect America's changing understandings of the conflict and of the nation.
Shooting The Civil War
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Author : Jenny Barrett
language : en
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
Release Date : 2009-02-28
Shooting The Civil War written by Jenny Barrett and has been published by I.B. Tauris this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-02-28 with Performing Arts categories.
No fewer than seven hundred Civil War films have been made by Hollywood from early silent days to the present, from the epoch-making "Birth of a Nation", through "The Red Badge of Courage" and "Gone With the Wind" to the recent "Glory", "Ride with the Devil" and "Cold Mountain". This readable and innovative book on the American Civil War as presented in Hollywood cinema goes deep into the best of these films, arguing that rather than belonging to a single genre, Civil War films are to be found across genres, as domestic melodramas, Westerns or combat films for example. As such, they have fresh insights to give into the war and into America's sense of itself."Shooting the Civil War" shows how these films create an American ancestor who is blameless and undertakes a process of reinscription into the American historical family. It also makes the remarkable revelation that no Civil War film yet made has had a central black character who survives the war, fathers the children of the future, and can stand as representative of the whole American people. To this extent, the book is saying, the Civil War remains a work in progress.
Reel Civil War Mythmaking In American Film
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Author : Bruce Chadwick
language : en
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Release Date : 2002-12
Reel Civil War Mythmaking In American Film written by Bruce Chadwick and has been published by Turtleback Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-12 with Performing Arts categories.
In this landmark study, cultural historian Bruce Chadwick traces the ways in which American film -- including such classics as Birth of a Nation and Gone With the Wind -- has consistently misrepresented history.The Civil War has been depicted on film more than any other event in American history. But until recently the war itself was more often portrayed as a misunderstanding between gentlemen than as the great national cataclysm it was. Movie after movie has diminished or ignored the impact of slavery and romanticized the cause of the Confederacy. Revealing how these distortions became accepted as essentially true by an ill-informed public, this is a fascinating portrait of the power of film to shape our understanding of history, sure to appeal to film and history buffs alike.
The American Civil War On Film And Tv
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Author : Douglas Brode
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2017-10-05
The American Civil War On Film And Tv written by Douglas Brode and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-05 with Social Science categories.
In The American Civil War on Film and TV: Blue and Gray in Black and White and Color, Douglas Brode, Shea T. Brode, and Cynthia J. Miller bring together nineteen essays by a diverse array of scholars to explore issues of morality, race, gender, nation, and history in films and television shows featuring the American Civil War.
The American Civil War And The Hollywood War Film
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Author : John Trafton
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-04-29
The American Civil War And The Hollywood War Film written by John Trafton and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-29 with Social Science categories.
Throughout film history, war films have been in constant dialogue with both previous depictions of war and contemporary debates and technology. War films remember older war film cycles and draw upon the resources of the present day to say something new about the nature of war. The American Civil War was viscerally documented through large-scale panorama paintings, still photography, and soldier testimonials, leaving behind representational principles that would later inform the development of the war film genre from the silent era up to the present. This book explores how each of these representational modes cemented different formulas for providing war stories with emotional content.
The Blue And The Gray On The Silver Screen
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Author : Roy Kinnard
language : en
Publisher: Carol Publishing Corporation
Release Date : 1996
The Blue And The Gray On The Silver Screen written by Roy Kinnard and has been published by Carol Publishing Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with United States categories.
In The Blue and the Gray on the Silver Screen, film scholar Roy Kinnard presents a retrospective of nearly one hundred films which deal directly or peripherally with the Civil War period. Readers will relive such classics as The Red Badge of Courage and So Red the Rose as well as more recent films such as Sommersby and Gettysburg. Included are such comic films as Buster Keaton's classic The General and Red Skelton's A Southern Yankee. Each description includes a cast list, credits, and reviews. Complete with nearly 200 photographs illustrating the text, the book is in itself a record of the war as portrayed by Hollywood. With attention to detail and its careful analysis of how each movie reflected the period in which it was made, The Blue and the Gray on the Silver Screen provides a social commentary as well as a useful resource that will delight Civil War buffs and film fans alike.