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Author:
Gonshak, Henry, 1958- author.
Title:
Hollywood and the Holocaust / Henry Gonshak.
Publisher:
Rowman & Littlefield,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
x, 357 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in motion pictures.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Influence.
Motion pictures--United States--History--20th century.
Motion pictures--United States--History--21st century.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) in motion pictures.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Motion pictures.
United States.
1900-2099
History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction: Can Hollywood get it right? -- The little tramp battles Hitler: The great dictator -- Actors versus Nazis: to be or not to be -- Hollywood fights World War II: Hitler's madman; Hitler's children; tomorrow, the world! -- Hollywood discovers the Holocaust: The diary of Anne Frank -- Hollywood judges the Germans: Judgment at Nuremberg -- Hollywood's Holocaust survivor: The pawnbroker -- The Holocaust on the horizon: Cabaret -- Hollywood Holocaust thrillers: The Odessa file; Marathon man; The boys from Brazil -- The Holocaust's non-Jewish victims: Sophie's choice -- Choiceless choice: Enemies, a love story and triumph of the spirit -- Spielberg reinvents the Holocaust: Schindler's list -- Moral ambiguity in the Holocaust: Mother night and The grey zone -- White lies: Life is beautiful and Jakob the liar -- The Nazis' successors: Apt pupil -- Mutant Holocaust survivors, or the anti-American sin of pessimism: X-men -- Kids befriending kids in the Holocaust: The boy in the striped pajamas -- Shagging Nazis and other post-war German adventures: The reader -- No sheep to the slaughter: Defiance -- Cartoon Jewish revenge: Inglourious basterds -- Conclusion: Where do we go from here?.
Series:
Film and History
ISBN:
1442252235
9781442252233
LCCN:
2015016263
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)
PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

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