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Publication date:
16 February 2004Length of book:
344 pagesPublisher
Rowman & Littlefield PublishersISBN-13: 9780742530409
Reelpolitik II moves past typical left-right political distinctions to examine political ideologies cycling through U.S. history during the '50s and '60s. These eight Cold War movies especially equipped the moviegoer with a unique vantage point to scrutinize the arms race, the Red Scare, the Korean Conflict, and the Vietnam War. They also helped audiences to observe the way film functions as a purveyor of American mythology, a megaphone to shout political messages, a metaphorical route to the emotions, a flattering mirror, an unflattering microscope, and a magic carpet ride back to the future.
Beverly Kelley's Reelpolitik II is a masterpiece of both clever concept and detailed execution—a real tour de force that gives us a fresh vocabulary for understanding where we've come from, and perhaps where we are headed.