Synopses & Reviews
One way to analyze the intensely conflicting feelings Americans hold toward the Vietnam War is to see how the war has been portrayed through film. How the War Was Remembered is the first book to analyze Vietnam War films. Auster and Quart create a typology of these films based on their connection to sociohistorical currents such as the "Wounded Hero," "Superman," "Hunter/Hero," and the "Survivor." They also combine aesthetic analysis with a social, historical, and cultural critique. "How the War Was Remembered by Albert Auster and Leonard Quart is a full-length treatment of filmic portrayals of the Vietnam War. From Samuel Fuller's China Gate to Francis Coppala's Apocalypse Now they examine the major works of an ever growing genre. The book is divided into four parts. The first deals with the genre, and the other three specific types within the genre. Notes, a bibliography, and an index complete the volume." Communication Booknotes
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This is one of the few readable books about Vietnam Films. . . . How the War War Remembered is a valuable read.Radio Centre Ville
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. . .the definitive critical text on the Vietnam cinema.Film Quarterly
About the Author
ALBERT AUSTER has taught at the College of Staten Island and Brooklyn College and an Associate of Cineaste magazine. He is the author of Actresses and Suffragists: Women in the American Theater: 1890-1920 and coauthor with Leonard Quart of American Film and Society Since 1945, and has contributed to many other magazines.LEONARD QUART is Associate Professor of Cinema Studies at the College of Staten Island CUNY and is on the Editorial Board of Cineaste magazine. He is coauthor with Albert Auster of American Film and Society Since 1945 and a contributor to a wide variety of film and general magazines.
Table of Contents
The War Film and Vietnam
The War that Dared Not Speak Its Name: Wounded Heroes and Superman
Hunter-Heroes and Survivors
Confronting Vietnam