History by Hollywood /
Toplin, Robert Brent, 1940-
History by Hollywood / Robert Brent Toplin. - 2nd edition - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2010. - 269 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-259) and index.
Mississippi burning : "a standard to which we couldn't live up" -- JFK : "fact, fiction, and supposition" -- Sergeant York : "if that is propaganda, we plead guilty" -- Missing : "an assualt on the integrity of the U.S. government, the Foreign Service, and the military" -- Bonnie and Clyde : "violence of the most grisly sort" -- Patton : "deliberately planned as a Rorschach test" -- All the President's men : "the story that people know and remember" -- Norma Rae : "a female Rocky".
"This smart, instructive book benefits from very real strengths--thorough research augmented by new interviews with filmmakers, precise writing accompanied by an appreciation for complexity--but perhaps most refreshing is its sense of fairness."--Publishers Weekly "A 'must read' for those who study, research, and write about the history of the motion picture."--Journal of Popular Film and Television "A timely attempt to open new dialogues about the ways historians present their work and reach wider audiences."
9780252076893 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0252076893 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2009014549
Historical films--History and criticism.--United States
Motion pictures and history.
Cine histórico --Historia y critica--Estados Unidos
Cine e historia
PN 1995.9 / T675h 2010
791.43/658
History by Hollywood / Robert Brent Toplin. - 2nd edition - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2010. - 269 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-259) and index.
Mississippi burning : "a standard to which we couldn't live up" -- JFK : "fact, fiction, and supposition" -- Sergeant York : "if that is propaganda, we plead guilty" -- Missing : "an assualt on the integrity of the U.S. government, the Foreign Service, and the military" -- Bonnie and Clyde : "violence of the most grisly sort" -- Patton : "deliberately planned as a Rorschach test" -- All the President's men : "the story that people know and remember" -- Norma Rae : "a female Rocky".
"This smart, instructive book benefits from very real strengths--thorough research augmented by new interviews with filmmakers, precise writing accompanied by an appreciation for complexity--but perhaps most refreshing is its sense of fairness."--Publishers Weekly "A 'must read' for those who study, research, and write about the history of the motion picture."--Journal of Popular Film and Television "A timely attempt to open new dialogues about the ways historians present their work and reach wider audiences."
9780252076893 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0252076893 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2009014549
Historical films--History and criticism.--United States
Motion pictures and history.
Cine histórico --Historia y critica--Estados Unidos
Cine e historia
PN 1995.9 / T675h 2010
791.43/658