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9780819566232

The World War II Combat Film

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    9780819566232

  • ISBN10:

    0819566233

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-05-15
  • Publisher: Wesleyan Univ Pr

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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 one thousand 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 of the book contains a new introduction, a new chapter on "Saving Private Ryan" and an updated filmography. This is an essential text for anyone seriously interested in genre, movies, and with 38 photographs, as much a treat to look at as it is to read.

Author Biography

JEANINE BASINGER is the Corwin-Fuller Professor of Film Studies at Wesleyan University and Chair of the Film Department. She is the author of Silent Stars (Wesleyan, 2000), A Woman's View: How Hollywood Spoke To Women (Wesleyan, 1995) and numerous other books.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Wesleyan Edition xi
Acknowledgments xv
Introduction 1(13)
Definition
14(62)
Prior History
76(33)
Evolution
109(90)
Variations of Genre
199(37)
Problems of Genre
236(17)
Combat Redux
253(10)
Annotated Chronological Filmography of World War II and Korean Combat Films 263(62)
Annotated Chronological Filmography: 1981--2003 325(18)
Jeremy Arnold
Appendix: Selected Titles Relevant to Prior History of World War II Combat Films 343(2)
Notes 345(8)
Bibliography 353(2)
Index of Films 355(12)
Subject Index 367

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