The World War II Combat Film: Anatomy of a Genre

by Jeanine Basinger

Book Overview

Lively, comprehensive analysis of World War II movies.

One of America's most renowned film scholars, Jeanine Basinger, offers a revealing, perceptive and highly readable look at the combat film. Discussing over one thousand movies, Basinger covers in-depth the key examples of the genre and uses them to define the meaning of genre itself. From "Bataan" to "Battleground" to "The Dirty Dozen" to "Saving Private Ryan," the book traces...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819566233
• ISBN13: 9780819566232
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher