Reel politics
Subtitle: American political movies from Birth of a nation to Platoon
By: Terry Christensen.
Publisher: Blackwell
Published: 1987
Place of publication: New York; Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Motion pictures -- Political aspects -- United States.; Politics in motion pictures.; Motion pictures -- United States -- History.
Description: This book interprets the mutually influential relationship of political films and American culture. Surveying over two hundred films, Christensen identifies ways in which the genre has changed to reflect individual periods of history. In doing so, he builds the argument that even the most politically progressive of Hollywood's films are ultimately conservative, mirroring and reinforcing traditional American political values and maintaining the myths of American politics. Films examined include: "Birth of a Nation", "Intolerance", "The Grapes of Wrath", "Mr Smith Goes to Washington", "The Great Dictator", "Citizen Kane", "All the King's Men", "The Last Hurrah", "Dr. Strangelove", "Advise and Consent", "Patton", "The Candidate", "All the President's Men", and "Reds."
Notes: Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 224-227.

Filmography: p. 228-238.