This first booklength critical examinashy;tion of nuclear war motion picturesfeature films, documentaries, and edushy;cational short filmsin addition to recognizing a new film genre reflects an important era of modern film history. Taken as a whole, the 25 contributions by 21 film specialists brought together here provide a comprehensive view of 32 feature films, documentaries, and educational short films comprising a representative selection of the new genreall produced between 1946 and 1975by American, French, British, and Japanese film makers. In addition to discussions of such wellknown films asOn the Beach,Hiroshima,Mon Amour,andDr.Strangelove,the collection anashy;lyzes and comments on a number of less well known but important films such asA Thousand Cranes,Countdown to Zero, andTo Die, To Live,documentaries and educational short films that hitherto have been inadequately presented in cinema literature. Marshall Flaum, one of the outstandshy;ing figures in the field of television documentaries, has provided an unushy;sually interesting Foreword, and Jack Shaheen, the editor of the volume, has added a perceptive Preface and has appended a list of distributors and credits. A major contribution to the serious study of the nuclear war film genre, the book thus provides an analytic text with apparatus and notes, and will be of inshy;terest to general readers as well as stushy;dents of the film and film makers.
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42,768 words216 pagesLexile 1220L
Published 19789780809308439
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