First book to explore how and why post-Vietnam Hollywood cinema has sought to interpret American history Hollywood has a growing fascination with America's past. This is evidenced in the release of a rash of films of this genre in the past 25 years. This book offers an analysis of how and why contemporary Hollywood films have sought to mediate American history. It is the first book to explore, comprehensively, the post-Vietnam period of film-making, and to consider whether or how far contemporary films have begun to unravel the unifying myths of earlier films and periods. It also considers...
First book to explore how and why post-Vietnam Hollywood cinema has sought to interpret American history Hollywood has a growing fascination with Amer...