Daniel Binns

The Hollywood War Film (eBook, ePUB)

Critical Observations from World War I to Iraq

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Considering selected films representing three periods in history - World Wars I and II and their interim, the Vietnam War, and the major conflicts in the Middle East - The Hollywood War Film reflects on Hollywood's representations of war and conflict, in order to map some cinematic discourses therein. This results in an understanding of the Hollywood genre not just as a categorising tool, but rather as a dynamic, inscriptive, iterative cultural phenomenon. Broadly, the thesis of the book is twofold: Firstly, that there are commonalities in Hollywood films representing distinct conflicts and eras, and that recent war films more closely echo early war films in terms of their nationalistic and idealistic perspectives. Secondly, the work proposes a reconfiguring of genre as less concrete and classificatory, and more dynamic and iterative. In doing so, The Hollywood War Film analyses some of the most important war films from the past century, including All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), Full Metal Jacket (1987) and The Hurt Locker (2009).

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Intellect Books
• Seitenzahl: 150
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781783207565
• Artikelnr.: 49556690

Autorenporträt

Daniel Binns is a screenwriter and producer who moonlights as a media lecturer at RMIT University. He has written, directed and produced drama, lifestyle and documentary media, including productions for National Geographic and Fox Sports. Dan researches media texts, tools and technologies, and he is the author of The Hollywood War Film (Intellect, 2017) and Material Media-Making in the Digital Age (Intellect, 2021).

Contact: School of Media and Communication, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia.