Examines some of the greatest American films ever made to see what they say about politics and politicians, and what these films, in turn, say about the audience for which they were produced.
Making Movies
Watching Movies
Politics and the Film Industry
Approach, Avoidance and Accommodation: Movies and the Great
Depression
The Movies and World War II
The Cold War and Vietnam in Film
Aspiration, Disillusionment and Ambivalence: Politics and
Politicians in Film
References
Index
PHILLIP L. GIANOS is Professor of Political Science at California State University, Fullerton.
"Gianos enlivens his analyses with dialogue, anecdotes, synopses of
plots, profiles, and explanations of how and why situations
developed. His flair for reinterpreting films and genres
shows...Particularly impressive is [his] comprehensive and
revelatory treatment of censorship...an excellent title recommended
for all audiences."-Choice
?Gianos enlivens his analyses with dialogue, anecdotes, synopses of
plots, profiles, and explanations of how and why situations
developed. His flair for reinterpreting films and genres
shows...Particularly impressive is [his] comprehensive and
revelatory treatment of censorship...an excellent title recommended
for all audiences.?-Choice
?Gianos presents a detailed and scholarly survey of the early days
of the politics of film cencorship to the middle period of the
blacklisting of the late 1940s and early 1950s. He identifies with
the fine eye of a plotical historian the roles of the House
Unamerican Activities Committee, the First Amendment people, the
Fifth Amendment people from Hollywood, and the Hollywood
10.?-American Political Science Review
"Gianos presents a detailed and scholarly survey of the early days
of the politics of film cencorship to the middle period of the
blacklisting of the late 1940s and early 1950s. He identifies with
the fine eye of a plotical historian the roles of the House
Unamerican Activities Committee, the First Amendment people, the
Fifth Amendment people from Hollywood, and the Hollywood
10."-American Political Science Review
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