Reelpolitik II: Political Ideologies in '50s and '60s Films

ISBN-13: 9780742530416 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 344 str.

Beverly Merrill Kelley

Opis

Reelpolitik II moves past typical left-right political distinctions to examine political ideologies cycling through United States history during the '50s and '60s. These eight Cold War movies especially equipped the moviegoer with a unique vantage point not only to scrutinize the arms race, the Red Scare, the Korean Conflict, and the Vietnam War, but also to observe the way film functions as a purveyor of American mythology, a megaphone to shout political messages, a metaphorical route to the emotions, a flattering mirror, an unflattering microscope, and a magic carpet ride back to the future.