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Material Type: | Biography, Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource |
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Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
David Desser; Lester D Friedman |
ISBN: | 0252071530 9780252071539 |
OCLC Number: | 51838612 |
Description: | x, 345 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
Contents: | Traditions of American Jewish art -- Woody Allen: the schlemiel as modern philosopher -- Mel Brooks: "farts will be heard" -- Sidney Lumet: the memory of guilt -- Paul Mazursky: the price of freedom -- Too much at home in America? |
Responsibility: | David Desser and Lester D. Friedman. |
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Abstract:
Demonstrating how the Jewish experience gives rise to an intimately linked series of issues in Jewish filmmakers films, this trilogy presents the effects of the Holocaust linger. It focuses on the failure of society's institutions to deliver social justice, and analyses works of Steven Spielberg, Barry Levinson, Brian Singer, and Darren Aronofsky.
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Praise for the First Edition: "There is much here for the serious film buff to relish." --The Jerusalem Post Magazine "[A] fascinating and challenging study, one that sheds light not only on the changing character of the American Jew, but on the changing nature of American society and the films that reflect it." --The Australian Jewish News Read more...
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