Hollywood goes to Washington: American politics on screen
An incisive study of American political films. Ranging wide across both US political and Hollywood history, the book analyses key and often previously under-appreciated films, examining their mythology, ideology and iconography.
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Reaktion Books
2008
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| Zusammenfassung: | An incisive study of American political films. Ranging wide across both US political and Hollywood history, the book analyses key and often previously under-appreciated films, examining their mythology, ideology and iconography. |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | 229 S. Ill. 22 cm |
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| adam_text | The American political film is one of the most pervasive yet least scru¬
tinized genres in Hollywood cinema. It has reflected and addressed the
major issues and tensions at the heart of American life over the last
75
years
—
from
lhe
national emergency of the Great Depression in
(hibrid
(her
1
lie if
/iile
¡louse and
pre-
Pearl I larbor paeans to democracy such as
Young Mr Lineoln and Mr Smith Goes to
Washington,
to potential threats
of demagoguery and domestic fascism in
. ///
the King s Men; and from
the Kennedvesque pragmatism of It/vise ami Consent and conspiracy
paradigms of the Camelot era in The Manclmrian
Candidale
and Serai
Days in May, to the post-oVi
1
hysteria of George VV. Hush s America in
Silrer City and The
-
Issassinatiim of
Richard
Nixon.
Ranging widely across US political and Hollywood history, Michael
Coyne brings passion and originality to this incisive survey of American
political films. With discussions of the changing representations of the
Presidents both historical and fictional, patriotic citizens and plotters
against the Republic, he examines the mythology,
ideolog)
and iconog¬
raphy of US politics as refracted through the prism of Hollywood cinema.
In the process, he shows how American political films have illuminated
various strands of character and conflict in American society.
Coyne contends that the genre s legacy is of vital cultural signifi¬
cance, particularly at a time when civil liberties and dissenting media are
under attack within the United States. Compelling and wholly original,
Hollywood Goes to Ifashington exposes the political narratives on the silver
screen and their ramifications for contemporary American culture.
HOLLYWOOD GOES TO WASHINGTON AMERICAN POLITICS ON SCREEN MICHAEL COYNE
REAKTION BOOKS CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ONCE UPON A NATION: THE IDEOLOGY OF
AMERICAN POLITICAL FILMS 7 CHAPTER 1 AMERICAN POLITICS, AMERICAN MOVIES:
MOVIE AMERICA, MOVIE HISTORY 19 CHAPTER 2 HAIL TO THE CHIEFS: WHITE
HOUSE AND SILVER SCREEN 41 CHAPTER 3 MODERN PRESIDENTIAL PARABLES: JOHN
KENNEDY, RICHARD NIXON AND BEYOND 66 CHAPTER 4 COUNTRY BOYS AND CITY
SLICKERS 91 CHAPTER 5 THE BRIEF, SHINING MOMENT : POLITICAL MOVIES IN
THE AMERICAN CAMELOT 123 CHAPTER 6 ENEMIES WITHIN: WHITE HOODS, RED
SCARES, BLACK LISTS 156 CHAPTER 7 CONSPIRACY CENTRAL 168 CONCLUSION
TWILIGHT S LAST GLEAMING? 190 REFERENCES 200 SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY 207
FILMOGRAPHY 213 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 221 PHOTO ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 222 INDEX
223
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| adam_txt |
The American political film is one of the most pervasive yet least scru¬
tinized genres in Hollywood cinema. It has reflected and addressed the
major issues and tensions at the heart of American life over the last
75
years
—
from
lhe
national emergency of the Great Depression in
(hibrid
(her
1
lie if
/iile
¡louse and
pre-
Pearl I larbor paeans to democracy such as
Young Mr Lineoln and Mr Smith Goes to
Washington,
to potential threats
of demagoguery and domestic fascism in
. ///
the King's Men; and from
the Kennedvesque pragmatism of It/vise ami Consent and conspiracy
paradigms of the 'Camelot' era in The Manclmrian
Candidale
and Serai
Days in May, to the post-oVi
1
hysteria of George VV. Hush's America in
Silrer City and The
-
Issassinatiim of
Richard
Nixon.
Ranging widely across US political and Hollywood history, Michael
Coyne brings passion and originality to this incisive survey of American
political films. With discussions of the changing representations of the
Presidents both historical and fictional, patriotic citizens and plotters
against the Republic, he examines the mythology,
ideolog)
and iconog¬
raphy of US politics as refracted through the prism of Hollywood cinema.
In the process, he shows how American political films have illuminated
various strands of character and conflict in American society.
Coyne contends that the genre's legacy is of vital cultural signifi¬
cance, particularly at a time when civil liberties and dissenting media are
under attack within the United States. Compelling and wholly original,
Hollywood Goes to Ifashington exposes the political narratives on the silver
screen and their ramifications for contemporary American culture.
HOLLYWOOD GOES TO WASHINGTON AMERICAN POLITICS ON SCREEN MICHAEL COYNE
REAKTION BOOKS CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ONCE UPON A NATION: THE IDEOLOGY OF
AMERICAN POLITICAL FILMS 7 CHAPTER 1 AMERICAN POLITICS, AMERICAN MOVIES:
MOVIE AMERICA, MOVIE HISTORY 19 CHAPTER 2 HAIL TO THE CHIEFS: WHITE
HOUSE AND SILVER SCREEN 41 CHAPTER 3 MODERN PRESIDENTIAL PARABLES: JOHN
KENNEDY, RICHARD NIXON AND BEYOND 66 CHAPTER 4 COUNTRY BOYS AND CITY
SLICKERS 91 CHAPTER 5 THE 'BRIEF, SHINING MOMENT': POLITICAL MOVIES IN
THE AMERICAN 'CAMELOT' 123 CHAPTER 6 ENEMIES WITHIN: WHITE HOODS, RED
SCARES, BLACK LISTS 156 CHAPTER 7 CONSPIRACY CENTRAL 168 CONCLUSION
TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING? 190 REFERENCES 200 SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY 207
FILMOGRAPHY 213 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 221 PHOTO ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 222 INDEX
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