Scholar Joyce Evans investigates Hollywood's imagery of atomic technology portrayed in films produced between 1947 and 1964, such as THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, DR. STRANGELOVE, THE THING, and others. The study illustrates how cinematic texts are constructed and produced as a result of often contradictory demands. Includes a timeline of key events and over 90 Cold War era films.
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Scholar Joyce Evans investigates Hollywood's imagery of atomic technology portrayed in films produced between 1947 and 1964, such as THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, DR. STRANGELOVE, THE THING, and others. The study illustrates how cinematic texts are constructed and produced as a result of often contradictory demands. Includes a timeline of key events and over 90 Cold War era films.
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Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 212 pages, illustrated in b&w. "This book is a historical account of how the movie industry responded to specific economic and political forces over the postwar years. The author investigates the transformation of the imagery associated with atomic technology found in Hollywood film produced and distributed between 1947 and 1964. Over 90 films are analyzed." VERY GOOD SOFTCOVER, with some yellow marker and black pen underlining.