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Making sense of cinema : empirical studies into film spectators and spectatorship

Table of Contents: “…Seeing, Sensing Sound: Eye-Tracking Soundscapes in Saving Private Ryan and Monsters, Inc. /…”
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War games by Eagle, Jonna, 1968-

Table of Contents: “…Onscreen; Authentic Violence and the World War II Combat Reports; Saving Private Ryan and the Reenactment of the Real; Vietnam on Big Screens and Small; Somatic War in the Twenty-First Century -- 3. …”
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Steven Spielberg and philosophy : we're gonna need a bigger book

Table of Contents: “…Ebertz -- A Spielbergian ethics of the family in Saving Private Ryan and The Color Purple / Robert R. Clewis -- Human rights, human nature, and Amistad / David Baggett and Mark W. …”
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Reel vulnerability : power, pain, and gender in contemporary American film and television by Hagelin, Sarah

Table of Contents: “…The body at war : Sexual politics and resistant vulnerability in Saving Private Ryan and G.I. Jane ; Matthew Shepard's body and the politics of queer vulnerability in Boys Don't Cry and The Laramie Project -- Vulnerability beyond the body. …”
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A century of media, a century of war by Andersen, Robin

Table of Contents: “…-- Oliver North : the war hero and the scandal -- Dover Air Force Base, press pools and the Panama invasion -- The first Persian Gulf war : the battle over access, video game imagery and smart bombs -- Trading the first amendment to defeat the "Vietnam syndrome" -- Consuming the Persian Gulf War : from baby incubators to patriot missiles -- CNN : 24 hours of war -- How the war was remembered : from Courage under fire to Saving Private Ryan -- Terrorism, censorship and patriotism : re-scripting victory culture -- From tragedy to war after 9/11 -- Black Hawk down : the new logics of war and representation -- The Iraq "reality" war : embeds and militainment -- The military-entertainment complex : permanent war and the digital spectacular -- Of smart weapons, civilian casualties and the crimes of war : the whole world (except the United States) is watching -- The "entertainer-in chief" and the Downing Street memos -- The unraveling : the ghost of Vietnam and the soldiers "over there."…”
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Visions of the Apocalypse : spectacles of destruction in American cinema by Dixon, Wheeler W., 1950-

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Film Style and the World War II Combat Genre. by Bender, Stuart

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Steven Spielberg : a Life in Films. by Haskell, Molly

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The cinema of Steven Spielberg : empire of light by Morris, Nigel, 1955-

Table of Contents: “…Amistad: black and white in color; 19. Saving Private Ryan: Hollywood on war; 20. A.I. Artificial Intelligence: eyes wide open; 21. …”
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Deleuze, cinema and national identity : narrative time in national contexts by Martin-Jones, David

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Destructive sublime : World War II in American film and media by Allison, Tanine, 1979-

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Action and adventure cinema

Table of Contents: “…: early film melodrama / Ben Singer -- Action-adventure as Hollywood genre / Steve Neale -- Dwight Macdonald and the historical epic / Mark Jancovich -- 'Get ready for rush hour' : the chronotype in action / Martin Flanagan -- The collapse of reality and illusion in The matrix / Aylish Wood -- Guns and gas : investigating the 1970s car chase film / Tico Romao -- Saving Private Ryan's 'special affect' / Michael Hammond --Ready for action : G.I. …”
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Teachers, teaching, and media : original essays about educators in popular culture

Table of Contents: “…Miller goes to war : Saving Private Ryan and the children Left behind / Jeff Spanke -- In loco parentis redux : Bob and Linda Belcher at Wagstaff School / Elizabeth Currin -- What's a nice white lady to do? …”
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Classic Questions and Contemporary Film An Introduction to Philosophy. by Kowalski, Dean A.

Table of Contents: “…7.2 Discussion and Analysis -- 7.3 Films -- Saving Private Ryan (1998) -- Horton Hears a Who! (2008) -- Groundhog Day (1993) -- 7.4 Synthesis, Review, and Going Forward -- 8 The State, Social Contracts, and Justice -- 8.1 Historical Setting: Hobbes, Leviathan -- 8.2 Discussion and Analysis -- 8.3 Films -- Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (2005) -- V for Vendetta (2005) -- Serenity (2005) -- 8.4 Synthesis, Review, and Going Forward -- 9 The Human Condition -- 9.1 Historical Setting: Russell, The Value of Philosophy -- 9.2 Discussion and Analysis -- 9.3 Films -- Memento (2000)…”
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Twentieth-Century War and Conflict A Concise Encyclopedia. by Martel, Gordon

Table of Contents: “…Combat Film -- World War II and the Emergence of the Combat Film -- The Development of the Combat Film after World War II -- The Vietnam War Film -- Saving Private Ryan and the Revival of the Combat Film -- Congo Wars (1960s-2000s) -- Further Reading -- E -- Ethnic Cleansing -- Definition -- Origin -- What Is Ethnic Cleansing? …”
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Why we fought : America's wars in film and history

Table of Contents: “…Smyth -- Hollywood's D-Day from the perspective of the 1960s and 1990s: The longest day and Saving Private Ryan / Robert Brent Toplin -- Cold War Berlin in the movies: from The big lift to The promise / Thomas W. …”
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