How the War Was Remembered Hollywood and Vietnam

Name: How the War Was Remembered Hollywood and Vietnam
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ISBN: 9780275924799

ISBN-10: 0275924793

ISBN-13: 9780275924799

Edition: 1988

Authors: Albert Auster, Leonard Quart

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One way to analyze the intensely conflicting feelings Americans hold toward the Vietnam War is to see how the war has been portrayed through film. How the War Was Remembered is the first book to analyze Vietnam War films, beginning with China Gate and ending with Hamburger Hill. Included are analyses of all the major films about the Vietnam War, including Green Berets, The Deerhunter, Apocalypse Now, The Killing Fields, Rambo, Platoon, and Full Metal Jacket, and others. Auster and Quart create a typology of these films based on their connection to sociohistorical currents such as the "Wounded Hero," "Superman," "Hunter/Hero," and "Survivor." They also combine aesthetic analysis with a…

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List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 1988
Publisher: ABC-CLIO, LLC
Publication date: 10/12/1988
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 190
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Leonard Quart is professor emeritus of cinema at CUNY and COSI, contributing editor at Cineaste , and co-author of American Film and Society since 1945 .nbsp;



Illustrations


Introduction



The War Film and Vietnam



The War that Dared Not Speak Its Name: Wounded Heroes and Superman



Hunter-Heroes and Survivors



Confronting Vietnam