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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818752503321

Autore

Briley Ron <1949->

Titolo

The ambivalent legacy of Elia Kazan : the politics of the post-HUAC films / / Ron Briley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2017]

©2017

ISBN

1-4422-7168-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (277 pages)

Collana

Film and history

Disciplina

791.4302/33092

Soggetti

Motion picture producers and directors - Political activity - United States

Motion pictures - Political aspects - United States - History - 20th century

Communism and motion pictures - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: no regrets? -- Viva Zapata! (1952) and Cold War liberalism -- Kazan and the anticommunist film genre: Man on a tightrope (1953) -- The ambivalence of informing: On the waterfront (1954) -- Father and sons and the cost of pursuing the American Dream: East of Eden (1955) -- Sexuality and the new south: Baby doll (1956) -- A return to progressive principles and the shape of things to come: A face in the crowd (1957) -- Looking backward and the cost of progress: Wild river (1960) -- Anticipating the youth rebellion: Splendor in the grass (1960) -- The Anatolian smile and the immigrant experience: America America (1963) -- Rebelling against the arranged life: The arrangement (1969) -- The final films: The visitors (1971) and The last tycoon (1976).