Format:
238 Seiten ;
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23 cm.
ISBN:
978-1-78938-262-4
Content:
Perhaps no current filmmaker has made more provocative films about American history than Oliver Stone. In this book, Carl Freedman gives a detailed and nuanced account of the presidencies of John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, and George W. Bush as fictionalized in Stone's biographical films JFK, Nixon, and W. Synthesizing film criticism with political and historical analysis, American Presidents and Oliver Stone transcends the limitations of formalism and empiricism, reflecting on both Stone's achievements as a filmmaker and American politics of the past sixty years. Offering detailed historical perspectives alongside careful aesthetic criticism, Freedman explores how Stone uses melodrama, tragedy, and farce to transform politics into national mythology. Wide-ranging, accessible, and highly original, American Presidents is sure to engage anyone interested in the intersection of American politics and cinema
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Machine generated contents note Kennedy: Icon --
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Machine generated contents note To Assassinate a Movie --
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Machine generated contents note JFK: American Melbourne --
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Machine generated contents note Precursor-Texts: Rashomon and Citizen Kane --
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Machine generated contents note JFK: Conspiracy --
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Machine generated contents note JFK: Father-Leader --
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Machine generated contents note JFK: Son-Avenger --
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Machine generated contents note Nixon: Tragic Hero-Villain --
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Machine generated contents note From Kennedy to Nixon --
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Machine generated contents note From Melodrama to Tragedy --
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Machine generated contents note From JFK to Nixon --
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Machine generated contents note Nixon: Personal Tragedy --
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Machine generated contents note Nixon: National Tragedy --
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Machine generated contents note Nixon: American Tragedy --
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Machine generated contents note Conclusion --
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Machine generated contents note Bush: (Un)Fortunate Son --
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Machine generated contents note From Tragedy to Farce --
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Machine generated contents note W.: The Man --
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Machine generated contents note W.: The War
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe, EPUB ISBN 978-1-78938-264-8
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe, PDF ISBN 978-1-78938-263-1
Language:
English
Subjects:
General works
Keywords:
1946- Stone, Oliver
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Film
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Präsident USA
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Politik
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1917-1963 Kennedy, John F.
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1913-1994 Nixon, Richard M.
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1924-2018 Bush, George
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Film
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Politik
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Criticism, interpretation, etc
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