Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/lrxIkT Shadows on the Past Studies in the Historical Fiction Film By: Leger Grindon Publisher: Temple University Press Print ISBN: 9781566391818, 1566391814 eText ISBN: 9781439904886, 143990488X Copyright year: 1994 Format: PDF Available from $ 32.95 USD SKU 9781439904886 Studying popular Hollywood films from Gone With the Wind to Reds and such distinguished European films as La Marseillaise and The Rise to Power of Louis XIV, Leger Grindon examines how historical fiction films interpret the present through a representation of the past. The historical fiction film is characterized by a set of motives and, Grindon argues, deserves to be considered a genre unto itself. Appropriation of historical events can insinuate a film's authority of its subject, veil an intention, provide an escape into nostalgia, or direct a search for knowledge and origins. Utilizing the past as a way of responding to social conflicts in the present, Grindon shows how the genre promotes a political agenda, superseding the influence of scholarship on the public's perception and interpretation of history. In the series Culture and the Moving Image, edited by Robert Sklar. Additional ISBNs 9781566391825, 1566391822
