The naval war film [[electronic resource] ] : genre, history, national cinema / / Jonathan Rayner

• Autore: Rayner Jonathan
• Pubblicazione: Manchester, : Manchester University Press, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (285 p.)
• Disciplina: 791.4301; 791.43658
• Soggetto topico: War films - History and criticism; Naval art and science
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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. The examination of these films centres on their similarities to and differences from the conventions of the war genre and seeks to determine whether the distinctive characteristics of naval film narratives justify their categorisation as a separate genre or sub-genre in popular cinema. The explicit fa
• Titolo autorizzato: The naval war film
• ISBN: 1-78170-115-6; 1-84779-186-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910465666503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II