Overview
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.
- | Author: Beverly Merrill Kelley
- | Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- | Publication Date: Feb 16, 2004
- | Number of Pages: 344 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 0742530418
- | ISBN-13: 9780742530416
