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American Cinema of the 1940s - Themes and Variations (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,463
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American Cinema of the 1940s - Themes and Variations (Hardcover): Wheeler Winston Dixon

American Cinema of the 1940s - Themes and Variations (Hardcover)

Wheeler Winston Dixon

Series: Screen Decades

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The 1940s was a watershed decade for American cinema and the nation. At the start of the decade, Hollywood - shaking off the Depression - launched an unprecedented wave of production, generating some of its most memorable classics, including Citizen Kane, Rebecca, The Lady Eve, Sergeant York, and How Green Was My Valley. Hollywood then joined the national war effort with a vengeance, creating a series of patriotic and escapist films, such as Casablanca, Mrs. Miniver, The Road to Morocco, and Yankee Doodle Dandy. By the end of the war America was a country transformed. The 1940s closed with the threat of the atom bomb and the beginnings of the Hollywood blacklist. Film Noir reflected the new public mood of pessimism and paranoia. Classic films of betrayal and conflict - Kiss of Death, Force of Evil, Caught, and Apology for Murder - depicted a poisonous universe of femme fatales, crooked lawyers, and corrupt politicians.

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Imprint: Berg Publishers
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Screen Decades
Release date: February 2006
Editors: Wheeler Winston Dixon
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 978-1-84520-434-1
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > Film theory & criticism
Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > Individual film directors, film-makers
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LSN: 1-84520-434-4
Barcode: 9781845204341

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