Format:
1 Online-Ressource (XII-281 pages)
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illustrations
Edition:
First edition
Edition:
Also available in print
ISBN:
186064371X
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1845112113
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9780755695751
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9781860643712
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9781845112110
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9780755695744
Series Statement:
Cinema and society
Content:
"Cinema was one of the Cold War's most powerful instruments of propaganda. Movies blended with literary, theatrical, musical and broadcast representations of the conflict to produce a richly textured Cold War culture. Now in paperback, this timely book fills a significant gap in the international story by uncovering British cinema's contribution to Cold War propaganda and to the development of a popular consensus on Cold War issues. Tony Shaw focuses on an age in which the 'first Cold War' dictated international (and to some extent domestic) politics. This era also marked the last phase of cinema's dominance as a mass entertainment form in Britain. Shaw explores the relationship between film-makers, censors and Whitehall, within the context of the film industry's economic imperatives and the British government's anti-Soviet and anti-Communist propaganda strategies. Drawing upon rich documentation, he demonstrates the degree of control exerted by the state over film output. Shaw analyses key films of the period, including High Treason, which put a British McCarthyism on celluloid; the fascinatingly ambiguous science fiction thriller The Quatermass Experiment; the dystopic The Damned, made by one of Hollywood's blacklisted directors, Joseph Losey; and the CIA-funded, animated version of George Orwell's novel Animal Farm. The result is a deeply probing study of how Cold War issues were refracted through British films, compared with their imported American and East European counterparts, and how the British public received this 'war propaganda'. 'This is an important book that adds to the growing historical literature on British post-war cinema, showing by example how closely most filmmakers followed prevailing political norms and taboos.' Ian Christie Contemporary British History '...painstakingly compiled and carefully documented.' Gerald Kaufman Sunday Telegraph 'It makes a good case for using feature film as an index of political consciousness.' Sue Harper Journal of Contemporary History."--
Note:
Bibliogr. p. 254-272. Index
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Also available in print.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 1
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
DOI:
10.5040/9780755695751
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