World War II, Film, and History - Chambers, John Whiteclay; Culbert, David
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In today's visually-oriented world, powerful images, even images of images, are circulated in an eternal cycle, gaining increased acceptance through repetition. History becomes an endless loop, in which repeated images validate and reconfirm each other. Based on archival materials, many of which have become only recently available, World War II, Film, and History offers an informative and a disturbing look at the complex relationship between national myths and filmic memory, as well as the dangers of visual images being transformed into "reality."
War films--including antiwar films--have…mehr

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In today's visually-oriented world, powerful images, even images of images, are circulated in an eternal cycle, gaining increased acceptance through repetition. History becomes an endless loop, in which repeated images validate and reconfirm each other. Based on archival materials, many of which have become only recently available, World War II, Film, and History offers an informative and a disturbing look at the complex relationship between national myths and filmic memory, as well as the dangers of visual images being transformed into "reality."
War films--including antiwar films--have established the prevailing public image of war in the 20th century. Examining how the public memory of war in this century has often been created more by a manufactured past than a remembered one, World War II, Film, And History offers an informative and, at times, disturbing look at the complex relationship between national myths and filmic memory, as well as the dangers of visual images being transformed into "reality". 22 halftones. 2 maps.
Autorenporträt
John Whiteclay Chambers II, Professor of History at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, is author or editor of many books on historical aspects of war and peace. He was a writer-producer of news and documentary programs at KRON-TV (NBC) in San Francisco. David Culbert is Professor of History at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. He served as Associate Producer and Director of Historical Research for Ken Burns's Huey Long, and is the author or editor of many books relating to film and propaganda.