Film and politics in America : a social tradition / / Brian Neve

• Autore: Neve Brian
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1992
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (302 p.)
• Disciplina: 302.23/43/0973; 791.430973
• Soggetto topico: Motion picture industry - United States - History; Motion pictures - Political aspects - United States; Motion pictures - Social aspects - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-270) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Film and Politics in America; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; 1. Out of the thirties; 2. Populism, romanticism and Frank Capra; 3. Liberals, radicals and the wartime agenda; 4. Post-war Holly wood; 5. Post-war: new directors and structures; 6. Film noir and society; 7. Into the fifties; 8. The sixties; Notes; Select bibliography; Index of films; General index
• Sommario/riassunto: In A Social Cinema: Film-making and Politics in America, Brian Neve presents a study of the social and political nature of American film by concentrating on a generation of writers from the thirties who directed films in Hollywood in the 1940's. He discusses how they negotiated their roles in relation to the studio system, itself undergoing change, and to what extent their experience in the political and theatre movements of thirties New York was to be reflected in their later films.Focusing in particular on Orson Welles, Elia Kazan, Jules Dassin, Abraham Polonsky, Nicholas Ray, R
• Titolo autorizzato: Film and politics in America
• ISBN: 0-415-02619-9; 1-138-16925-0; 1-134-97332-2; 1-280-04740-2; 0-203-64553-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451263003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in film, television, and the media.