Cinema in the Cold War

This book looks at contributions to Cold War cinema from a wide range of countries and genres, and articulates how all participants in the Cold War utilised the film industry as a tool for propaganda, and how the Cold War itself shaped both the creative and the critical output of the period. It was published as a special issue of Cold War History.

Informationen zum Autor Cyril Buffet is a historian specialising in international relations and German history. He is director of studies at SFiB (Berlin), Germany. He has taught at universities in France, Germany, and the UK, and has curated historical exhibitions and authored TV documentaries on a variety of cultural topics. Klappentext This book looks at contributions to Cold War cinema from a wide range of countries and genres, and articulates how all participants in the Cold War utilised the film industry as a tool for propaganda, and how the Cold War itself shaped both the creative and the critical output of the period. It was published as a special issue of Cold War History. Zusammenfassung This book looks at contributions to Cold War cinema from a wide range of countries and genres, and articulates how all participants in the Cold War utilised the film industry as a tool for propaganda, and how the Cold War itself shaped both the creative and the critical output of the period. It was published as a special issue of Cold War History. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 1. Meeting on the Elbe (Vstrecha na El'be) : A visual representation of the incipient Cold War from a Soviet perspective 2. 'Declaration of Love on Celluloid': The depiction of the Berlin Wall in a GDR film, 1961-62 3. 'The Maltz Affair' revisited: How the American Communist Party relinquished its cultural influence at the dawn of the Cold War 4. 'Don't Mention the Soviets!' An overview of the short films produced by the NATO Information Service between 1949 and 1969 5. The destruction of New York City: A recurrent nightmare of American Cold War cinema 6. Hollywood's insidious charms: the impact of American cinema and television on the Soviet Union during the Cold War 7. The Cold War's cultural ecosystem: angry young men in British and Soviet cinema, 1953-1968 8. The Search for Legitimacy in Post-Martial Law Poland: The Case of Claude Lanzmann's ...

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Cyril Buffet is a historian specialising in international relations and German history. He is director of studies at SFiB (Berlin), Germany. He has taught at universities in France, Germany, and the UK, and has curated historical exhibitions and authored TV documentaries on a variety of cultural topics.

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Preface 1. Meeting on the Elbe (Vstrecha na El'be): A visual representation of the incipient Cold War from a Soviet perspective 2. 'Declaration of Love on Celluloid': The depiction of the Berlin Wall in a GDR film, 1961-62 3. 'The Maltz Affair' revisited: How the American Communist Party relinquished its cultural influence at the dawn of the Cold War 4. 'Don't Mention the Soviets!' An overview of the short films produced by the NATO Information Service between 1949 and 1969 5. The destruction of New York City: A recurrent nightmare of American Cold War cinema 6. Hollywood's insidious charms: the impact of American cinema and television on the Soviet Union during the Cold War 7. The Cold War's cultural ecosystem: angry young men in British and Soviet cinema, 1953-1968 8. The Search for Legitimacy in Post-Martial Law Poland: The Case of Claude Lanzmann's