Buy this book on-line Insdorf, Annette : INDELIBLE SHADOWS: FILM AND THE HOLOCAUSTNew York; Vintage Books, 1983
Softbound. 8vo. XVII, 234 pages. 24 cm. First edition. From the publishers description: "Investigates some of the profound questions raised by any attempt to create a film based on the Holocaust. How does one make a movie that is both morally just and marketable? ... The book not only provides sensitive readings of individual films but also analyzes more theoretical issues such as the 'truth claims' of the cinematic medium. " With 140 black and white photographic film-stills. “Contents include: Part I. Finding an Appropriate Language: 1. The Hollywood version of the Holocaust 2. Meaningful montage 3. Styles of tension 4. Black humor. Part II. Narrative Strategies: 5. The Jew as child 6. In hiding/onstage 7. Beautiful evasions? 8. The condemned and doomed. Part III. Responses to Nazi Atrocity: 9. Political resistance 10. The ambiguity of identity 11. The new German guilt. Part IV. Shaping Reality: 12. The personal documentary 13. From judgement to illumination. Subjects: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) , in motion pictures. Films. Holocaust. Covers lightly aged, endpages and outer edges lightly soiled, otherwise, clean and fresh. Very good condition. (HOLO2-88-44) Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Insdorf, Annette : INDELIBLE SHADOWS: FILM AND THE HOLOCAUST. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including libri antichi, antiquarian books, fine bindings, atlases and out-of-print books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |