| Description |
xxi, 412 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Film and politics: The Hollywood-Washington connection -- In search of the political film -- Nonfiction film: picturing reality? -- Kiss, kiss, bang, bang: Hollywood, sex and violence -- HUAC and the blacklist: The red scare comes to Hollywood -- Real to reel politicians: idealists, saviors and scoundrels -- Picturing justice: the law and lawyers in Hollywood films -- Hollywood goes to war: from the Great War to the Good War to the Forgotten War -- Remembering Vietnam on film: Lessons learned and forgotten -- Mission accomplished? Hollywood and the Afghanistan-Iraq War films -- Hollywood confronts Nuclear war and global terrorism -- Hollywood, race and Obama: feel-good racism -- Hollywood and women: cracks in the celluloid ceiling -- Epilogue: Is there a future for political films in Hollywood? |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-370) and index |
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Includes filmography |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- Political aspects.
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Politics in motion pictures.
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| LC no. |
2013043404 |
| ISBN |
9781433120008 (paperback) (alkaline paper) |
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1433120003 (paperback) (alkaline paper) |
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