- Introduction: Personal, Professional, and (a Little) Theoretical
- Part 1: History in Images
- 1. History in Images / History in Words: Reflections on the Possibility of Really Putting History onto Film
- 2. The Historical Film: Looking at the Past in a Postliterate Age
- Part 2: The Historical Film
- 3. Reds as History
- 4. The Good Fight: History, Memory, Documentary
- 5. JFK: Historical Fact / Historical Film
- 6. Walker: The Dramatic Film as (Postmodern) History
- 7. Sans Soleil: The Documentary as (Visionary) Truth
- Part 3: The Future of the Past
- 8. Re-visioning History: Contemporary Filmmakers and the Construction of the Past
- 9. Film and the Beginnings of Postmodern History
- 10. What You Think about When You Think about Writing a Book on History and Film
- Notes
- Sources
- Acknowledgments
- Index
Visions of the Past
The Challenge of Film to Our Idea of History
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$39.00 • £33.95 • €35.95
ISBN 9780674940987
Publication Date: 08/04/1998
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