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Author Grindon, Leger, 1949-

Title Shadows on the past : studies in the historical fiction film / Leger Grindon
Published Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1994

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 250 pages) : illustrations
Series Culture and the moving image
Culture and the moving image.
Contents 1. Analyzing the Historical Fiction Film -- 2. The Politics of History: La Marseillaise -- 3. Hollywood History and the French Revolution: From The Bastille to The Black Book -- 4. Risorgimento History and Screen Spectacle: Visconti's Senso -- 5. The Politics of the Spectacle: The Rise to Power of Louis XIV -- 6. Politics and History in Contemporary Hollywood: Reds
Summary A new genre of film is identified and explored
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-244) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Historical films -- History and criticism
Motion pictures -- Political aspects
Motion pictures and history.
PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Reference.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Motion pictures and history
Historical films
Motion pictures -- Political aspects
Historischer Film
Historische films.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781439904886
143990488X
1566391814
9781566391818
1566391822
9781566391825