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The World War II combat film : anatomy of a genre / Jeanine Basinger ; updated filmography by Jeremy Arnold.
- Title
- The World War II combat film : anatomy of a genre / Jeanine Basinger ; updated filmography by Jeremy Arnold.
- Author
- Basinger, Jeanine
- Publication
- Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press, 2003.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | D743.23 .B36 2003 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xvi, 376 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- One of America's most renowned film scholars, Jeanine Basinger, offers a revealing, perceptive and highly readable look at the combat film. Discussing over 1,000 movies, Basinger covers in-depth the key examples of the genre and uses them to define the meaning of genre itself. From Bataan to Battleground to The Dirty Dozen to Saving Private Ryan, the book traces the evolution of the combat genre, as its recurring characters, plots and events are used and reused over time. There is also a section outlining what happens when women replace men in combat and when the subject is treated as comedy. First published in 1986, this updated and expanded edition contains a new introduction and an updated filmography. This is an essential text for anyone seriously interested in genre or movies, and, with 38 photographs, is as much a treat to look at as it is to read.
- Alternative Title
- World War Two combat film
- World War 2 combat film
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Film catalogs
- History
- Note
- First published in hardcover by Columbia University Press in 1986.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-354) and indexes.
- Filmography: p. 263-341.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Preface to the Wesleyan Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Definition -- Prior History -- Evolution -- Variations of Genre -- Problems of Genre -- Combat Redux -- Annotated Chronological Filmography of World War II and Korean Combat Films -- Annotated Chronological Filmography: 1981 -- 2003 / Jeremy Arnold -- Appendix: Selected Titles Relevant to Prior History of World War II Combat Films -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of Films -- Subject Index
- ISBN
- 0819566233 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2003000243
- OCLC
- 51454454
- SCSB-12155774
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library