Film is Like a Battleground: Sam Fuller's War Movies
Gordon, Marsha
Film Is Like A Battleground: Sam Fuller's War Movies Is The First Book To Focus On The Genre That Best Defined The American Director's Career: The War Film. It Draws On Previously Unexplored Archival Materials, Such As Fuller's Federal Bureau Of Investigation Files And Wwii-era Amateur Films, To Explore The Director's Lifelong Interest In Making Movies Representing War And Conflict-- Machine Generated Contents Note: -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Ch 1: Sam Fuller's First War Movie -- Ch 2: A Complicated Conflict: The Steel Helmet & Fixed Bayonets! -- Ch 3: Cold War Stories: Pickup On South Street And Hell And High Water -- Ch 4: More War In Asia: China Gate & The Rifle -- Ch 5: Looking Back At World War Ii: Verboten!, Dogface, & Merrill's Marauders -- Ch 6: Reimagining The War: The Big Red One -- Conclusion: Returning To The Scene Of The Crime: Falkenau -- The Impossible -- Bibliography -- Index. Marsha Gordon. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Includes Filmography: Page [293].
Criticism and interpretationFuller, Samuel , 1912-1997, Fuller, Samuel , 1912-1997, War films, PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism, War films--History and criticism, PN1998.3.F85 G67 2017, 791.4302/33092, PER004030
| Name in long format: | Film is Like a Battleground: Sam Fuller's War Movies |
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| ISBN-10: | 019026974X |
| ISBN-13: | 9780190269746 |
| Book pages: | 330 |
| Book language: | en |
| Edition: | Illustrated |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Dimensions: | Height: 6.3 Inches, Length: 9.3 Inches, Weight: 1.5 Pounds, Width: 1 Inches |















