The Naval War Film : Genre, History and National Cinema.
Jonathan. Rayner
Bok Engelsk 2007 · Electronic books.
| Omfang | 1 online resource (286 pages)
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| Utgave | 1st ed.
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| Opplysninger | Intro -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 British naval films and the documentary feature -- 2 Post-war British naval films and the service comedy -- 3 Hollywood and the one-ocean war -- 4 The submarine war and the submarine film -- 5 American films of the Cold War -- 6 'Damn the photon torpedoes!' Star Trek and the transfiguration of naval history -- 7 Popularising the navy, rewriting the past: contemporary naval films -- Conclusion -- Appendix I: Comparison of narrative elements in naval war films -- Appendix II: Warships in feature films -- Filmography -- Bibliography -- Index.. - This book undertakes a unique, coherent and comprehensive consideration of the depiction of naval warfare in the cinema. The films under discussion encompass all areas of naval operations in war, and highlight varying institutional and aesthetic responses to navies and the sea in popular culture.
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| ISBN | 9781847791863
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