American Film and Society since 1945
Subtitle: Third Edition, Revised and Expanded
Edition: 3 edition
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Published: December 30, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780275967420
Subjects: American history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Cultural studies; Film theory & criticism; Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000; Performing Arts; Sociology; Performing Arts/Dance; USA; Communication; Film & Video - General; Media Studies - Electronic Media; Performing Arts / Film / General; Film & Video - History & Criticism; History; Motion pictures; Social aspects; United States
First sentence: In 1981, John Houston's almost legendary Second World War documentary about psychologically crippled veterans, Let There Be Light (1945), received its first commercial public showing, thirty-five years after it was produced.