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A Companion to the War Film

机译:战争电影的伴侣

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A Companion to the War Film is an examination of the war film genre and seeks to cover all aspects from the traditional war film through to the new global nature of conflicts, whilst considering the diverse formats that war stories assume in today's digital culture. The book comprises 25 essays from both established and emerging scholars and seeks to expand the scope of the genre by applying fresh theoretical approaches and archival resources to the study of war films. Not only the "combat film" is covered, but films that cover the home front, as well as international and foreign language films, and the uses of alternative media, such as internet videos, military recruitment advertisements, government-produced films and TV programmes across a large range of conflicts, nations and times. The essays deal with questions of gender, race, forced internment, international terrorism and even war protest. Both the editors, Douglas A. Cunningham and John C. Nelson, have military connections. Cunningham is a retired US Air Force officer as well as a professor of literature, and Nelson is an academy professor in the Department of English and Philosophy at the US Military Academy, West Point. This military connection is unusual, but refreshing, in the case of editorship or authorship of war film genre books. Indeed, in the introduction by Cunningham, he reminisces about his days in 1989 when he was in the US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs undergoing basic cadet training leading ultimately to commissioned officers. One day the trainees were diverted from their general routine of drill, exercise and rote memorisation, and 1,500 of them assembled in the hall at the Academy and were shown the film, Patton, about imposing World War II General George S. Patton, played equally imposingly by George C. Scott. Watching this film caused Cunningham to contemplate the question "What does experiencing a war film mean?" It was undeniable, he suggests, that context played a large role. There was a distinct difference in watching Patton with 1,500 military recruits in a military academy cinema in 1989 and watching the same film some 20 years earlier, shortly after its release in a crowded California drive-in.
机译:《战争电影的同伴》是对战争电影类型的考察,旨在涵盖从传统战争电影到冲突的新全球性质的所有方面,同时考虑战争故事在当今数字文化中所采用的多种格式。该书包括来自成名学者和新兴学者的25篇论文,并试图通过运用新的理论方法和档案资源来研究战争电影来扩大类型的范围。不仅涵盖“战斗电影”,而且涵盖家庭正面的电影以及国际和外语电影,以及使用替代媒体(例如互联网视频,军事招募广告,政府制作的电影和电视节目)跨越各种冲突,国家和时代。这些文章涉及性​​别,种族,被迫拘留,国际恐怖主义甚至战争抗议等问题。两位编辑道格拉斯·坎宁安和约翰·纳尔逊都有军事联系。坎宁安(Cunningham)是退休的美国空军军官,也是文学教授,尼尔森(Nelson)是西点军校英语和哲学系的学术教授。在战争电影类型书籍的编辑或作者身份方面,这种军事联系并不常见,但令人耳目一新。确实,在坎宁安(Cunningham)的介绍中,他回想起了自己在1989年的时光,当时他在科罗拉多斯普林斯的美国空军学院接受基础学员培训,最终成为了军官。有一天,学员们摆脱了常规的操练,操练和死记硬背的常规训练,其中有1,500名学员在学院的大厅里集会,并向他们放映了关于强加第二次世界大战的乔治·帕顿将军的影片《巴顿》。乔治·斯科特(George C. Scott)气势宏伟。观看这部电影使坎宁安默想了一个问题:“体验战争电影意味着什么?”他认为,不可否认的是,背景起着很大的作用。 1989年,在军事学院的电影院里,与1,500名新兵一起观看巴顿的电影与20年前观看这部电影的时间截然不同。

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    《Reference reviews》 |2017年第5期|33-35|共3页
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    Eric Jukes;

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    Learning Resources, The College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London, London, UK;

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