Political Cinema - Paperback

by Wajiha Raza Rizvi (Author)

This is a compilation of criticism on International Cinema, and Prose.
This book offers academic inquiries into Sergie Eisenstein's Battleship Potemkin (1925), Leni Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will (1935), NBC's series the Victory at Sea (1952), Pierre Schoendoerffer'The Anderson Platoon (1967), Peter Davis' Hearts and Minds (1973), George Crile's The Uncounted Enemy: A Vietnam Deception (1982), and Kenvin Rafferty and Jayne Loader's The Atomic Café(1982). It examines persuasion techniques in Chris Hegedus and D.A. Pennebaker's The War Room (1993), Allan Raymond and Susan Raymond's An American Family (1973), and Peter C. Rollins' Will Rogers' 1920s: A Cowboy's Guide to the Times, referring to American culture and politics.
The inquiries delve into race, region and gender issues in Tracey Moffatt's BeDevil (1993) and in the American Indian literary pieces: Solar Storms by Linda Hogan, How We Became Human by Joy Harjo, The Way to Rainy Mountain by N. Scott Momaday, and Coming to Light by Brian Swann. This book includes a critical edition on a letter from David Palfreyman, Theatre Service Department, Motion Picture Association of America. It explores Shakespeare's early performances on the American Stage, and the astute insinuations and reverberations of social gaze in Charles Dickens' Bleak House (1852-3).