{"product_id":"the-hollywood-historical-film-isbn-9781405146036","title":"The Hollywood Historical Film","description":"A comprehensive analysis of the historical film—a popular and controversial genre that’s been with us since the early days of cinema—and Hollywood’s unique ability to reshape our viewpoints while it sensually recreates the past.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a complete guide to the unique characteristics of historical film, distinguishing among sub-genres such as historical epics, war films, biographies, topical films, and meta-historic works like \u003ci\u003eNixon\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJFK\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers detailed analyses of groundbreaking films such as \u003ci\u003eSpartacus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSchindler’s List\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eUnited 93\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines the dual role of the historical film to entertain and educate, with its tendency to arouse critical and popular controversy\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eStimulates discussion about Hollywood’s power to persuade and reshape our views of the past\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  List of Illustrations. \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The Cinematic Writing of History: An Overview.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The War Film: \u003ci\u003eSaving Private Ryan\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The Epic Film: \u003ci\u003eGladiator and Spartacus\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The Biographical Film: \u003ci\u003eSchindler’s List\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. The Metahistorical Film: \u003ci\u003eJFK\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. The Topical Historical Film: \u003ci\u003eUnited 93 and World Trade Center.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Hollywood Historical Film\u003c\/i\u003e works well as a historiographical study .... The book most certainly fulfills the editor's goal of furnishing educators and students entertaining and informative looks at major film genres. Burgoyne does a masterful job with the featured films and detailed descriptions of the ways filmmakers used cinematic techniques and imagery to write history.\" (\u003ci\u003eQuarterly Review of Film and Video,\u003c\/i\u003e 18 November 2011)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Still, this admirable book lays out the problems, and it does so with a sense of history, and of the specific language of films, that is quite brilliant. Burgoyne enhances filmgoers' enjoyment and deepens their understanding. To use an appalling phrase, \u003ci\u003eThe Hollywood Historical Film\u003c\/i\u003e is a must-read.\" (\u003ci\u003eFilm \u0026amp; History: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Film and Television,\u003c\/i\u003e Spring 2009)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Burgoyne manages to provide an interesting, easy to understand account of the representation of history in mainstream American cinema.\" (\u003ci\u003eScreening The Past,\u003c\/i\u003e April 2010)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"For a thorough analysis of a group of key historical film texts and new readings of these popular Hollywood movies Burgoyne ably assists in \u003ci\u003eThe Hollywood Historical Film\u003c\/i\u003e.\" (\u003ci\u003eScope\u003c\/i\u003e, February 2010)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This introduction to the Hollywood historical film is particularly welcome and useful. Specialists and generalists alike will find much to applaud. The chapter on the metahistorical film ... is especially valuable. Recommended.\" (\u003ci\u003eChoice Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, October 2008)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Hollywood Historical Film\u003c\/i\u003e takes the reader right through the looking-glass, and while he can't help but employ motives with a political edge, Burgoyne never loses sight of the powerful platform his subjects stand on. The author himself admits the genre is an elastic one, but he manages to find its four corners and frames it perfectly.\" (\u003ci\u003eMedia Culture Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, July 2008)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"An exceptional study, offering insightful analyses and significant points to illustrate the importance of using film to better appreciate and understand historical eras and events.\" (\u003ci\u003eRogueCinema.com\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eRobert Burgoyne\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English and Film Studies at Wayne State University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eBertolucci’s 1900: A Narrative and Historical Analysis\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e Film Nation: Hollywood Looks at U.S. History\u003c\/i\u003e; and coauthor, with Robert Stam and Sandy Flitterman-Lewis, of \u003ci\u003eNew Vocabularies in Film Semiotics\u003c\/i\u003e.  \u003ci\u003eThe Hollywood Historical Film\u003c\/i\u003e is an entertaining and erudite cinematic journey through the controversial portrayal of history on film — from the swashbuckling epics of the silent era to up-to-the-minute dramas like \u003ci\u003eWorld Trade Center\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith thought-provoking analysis, film historian Robert Burgoyne reveals the dual nature of historic films — how they deepen our understanding of historical events while shaping and often altering our views of the past. Burgoyne examines the power of historic films to entertain and promote national myths while influencing public opinion. He also reviews how contemporary filmmakers like Oliver Stone cleverly restage the past to reframe our memories of actual historic events.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor students of film and history — and fans alike — \u003ci\u003eThe Hollywood Historical Film\u003c\/i\u003e is a timely exploration of the world of historical films.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"Theoretically acute, historically informed, and full of resonant insights, Robert Burgoyne's brilliant new work is quite simply the best book anyone has yet written on the topic of the Hollywood historical film.\" \u003ci\u003eRobert A. Rosenstone, California Institute of Technology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\"This introduction to the Hollywood historical film is particularly welcome and useful. Specialists and generalists alike will find much to applaud.\" \u003ci\u003eJ. C. 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