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Indelible Shadows Annette Insdorf (Columbia University, New York)

Indelible Shadows By Annette Insdorf (Columbia University, New York)

Indelible Shadows by Annette Insdorf (Columbia University, New York)


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The third edition of Indelible Shadows includes five new chapters. It addresses the treatment of rescuers, as in 'Schindler's List'; the controversial use of humor, as in 'Life is Beautiful'; the distorted image of survivors, and the growing genre of documentaries that return to the scene of the crime or rescue.

Indelible Shadows Summary

Indelible Shadows: Film and the Holocaust by Annette Insdorf (Columbia University, New York)

Indelible Shadows investigates questions raised by films about the Holocaust. How does one make a movie that is both morally just and marketable? Annette Insdorf provides sensitive readings of individual films and analyzes theoretical issues such as the 'truth claims' of the cinematic medium. The third edition of Indelible Shadows includes five additional chapters that cover recent trends, as well as rediscoveries of motion pictures made during and just after World War II. It addresses the treatment of rescuers, as in 'Schindler's List'; the controversial use of humor, as in 'Life is Beautiful'; the distorted image of survivors, and the growing genre of documentaries that return to the scene of the crime or rescue. The annotated filmography offers capsule summaries and information about another hundred Holocaust films from around the world, making this edition an extremely comprehensive discussion of films about the Holocaust, and an invaluable resource for film programmers and educators.

Indelible Shadows Reviews

"The standard book on the Holocaust in film..." The Nation
"...this book is a key source for this area and it is excellent to have available again." Fred Davies
"Indelible Shadows is a thoroughly researched and excellently compiled book." Maria Kornatowska, The Polish Review

Table of Contents

Part I. Finding an Appropriate Language: 1. The Hollywood version of the Holocaust; 2. Meaningful montage; 3. Styles of tension; 4. Black humor; Part II. Narrative Strategies: 5. The Jew as child; 6. In hiding/onstage; 7. Beautiful evasions?; 8. The condemned and doomed; Part III. Responses to Nazi Atrocity: 9. Political resistance; 10. The ambiguity of identity; 11. The new German guilt; Part IV. Shaping Reality: 12. The personal documentary; 13. From judgment to illumination; Part V. Third Edition Update: 14. The Holocaust as genre; 15. Rediscoveries; 16. Rescuers in fiction films; 17. The ironic touch; 18. Dysfunction as distortion: the Holocaust survivor on screen and stage; 19. Documentaries of return.

Additional information

NPB9780521815635
9780521815635
0521815630
Indelible Shadows: Film and the Holocaust by Annette Insdorf (Columbia University, New York)
New
Hardback
Cambridge University Press
2002-11-25
434
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