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Projecting Britain at War: The National Character in British World War II Films

Projecting Britain at War: The National Character in British World War II Films

Havardi, Jeremy

Paperback

Film StudiesBritish HistoryWorld War II

ISBN10: 0786474831
ISBN13: 9780786474837
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: Mar 4 2014
Pages: 232
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

This detailed chronological analysis of British World War II movies from 1939 until the present explores how films projected recognizable stereotypes of British national character and how the times in which a film was made shaped its perspectives. Several chapters look at films made during and immediately after the war. In depictions of the Home Front, characters display resolve as well as emotional restraint and present an image of an undivided society cooperating to fight evil. By contrast, duty and service are the paramount virtues of combat films while spy melodramas exemplify the British love of improvisation.

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