War Pictures Cinema, Violence, and Style in Britain, 1939-1945

In this original and engaging work, author Kent Puckett looks at how British filmmakers imagined, saw, and sought to represent its war during wartime through film. The Second World War posed unique representational challenges to Britain’s filmmakers. Because of its logistical enormity, the unprecede...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Puckett, Kent author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Fordham University Press 2017.
Edición:First edition
Colección:World War II--the global, human, and ethical dimension.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009431188506719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • "But what is it about?": the life and death of Colonel Blimp
  • Pistol's two bodies: Henry V at war
  • Celia Johnson's face: before and after brief encounter
  • Epilogue: Derek Jarman's war.