A Guide to Films on the Korean War, Vol. 35 FROM THE PUBLISHER
Written by a knowledgeable film critic and Korean War scholar, this is the only guide exclusively devoted to the study of Hollywood and television films on the Korean War. It opens with eight short essays on the war film genre and the Korean War film. Eighty-four films are then discussed in an alphabetical listing. Entries include the production unit, color status, producer, director, screenwriter, actors and actresses, movie length, and the author's numerical rating of the film. The commentary places each film within the context of other war films, the Korean War, the trends in Hollywood, and the social and political realities of the United States.
SYNOPSIS
A complete, easy-to-use guide to the films of the Korean War.
FROM THE CRITICS
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Offers production information, extensive plot summaries, and
evaluations of the fewer than 100 American films made about the
1950-53 Korean War. Also discusses at considerable length the
cinematic representation of the war in the US, in such chapters as
plot and environment, the isolation of the genre, action and tension,
television, why John Wayne never made a Korean War film, legacies and
myths, and potential films.
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