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245 00 $aPast imperfect :$bhistory according to the movies /$cgeneral editor, Mark C. Carnes ; edited by Ted Mico, John Miller₋b-₋sMonzon, and David Rubel.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bH. Holt,$c[1995], ©1995.
300 $a304 pages :$billustrations ;$c26 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aA Henry Holt reference book
500 $a"A Society of American Historians book."
500 $a"An Agincourt Press book"--T.p. verso.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $tA Conversation Between Eric Foner and John Sayles --$tJurassic Park /$rStephen Jay Gould --$tThe Ten Commandments /$rAlan F. Segal --$tSpartacus /$rW. V. Harris --$tJulius Caesar /$rMichael Grant --$tHenry V: Two Films /$rAnthony Lewis --$tJoan of Arc: Three Films /$rGerda Lerner --$tChristopher Columbus: Two Films /$rCarla Rahn Phillips and William D. Phillips, Jr. --$tAnne of the Thousand Days /$rAntonia Fraser --$tA Man for All Seasons /$rRichard Marius --$tAguirre, The Wrath of God /$rStephen Minta --$tBlack Robe /$rJames Axtell --$tThe Last of the Mohicans /$rRichard White --$tThe Scarlet Empress /$rCarolly Erickson --$t1776 /$rThomas Fleming --$tDrums Along the Mohawk /$rAnthony F. C. Wallace --$tMutiny on the Bounty /$rGreg Dening --$tDanton /$rRobert Darnton --$tThe Buccaneer: Two Films /$rSean Wilentz --$tThe Alamo /$rMarshall De Bruhl --$tThe Charge of the Light Brigade /$rRichard Slotkin --$tThe Young Lincoln: Two Films /$rMark E. Neely, Jr. --$tGlory /$rJames M. McPherson --
505 80 $tGone with the Wind /$rCatherine Clinton --$tThe Birth of a Nation /$rLeon F. Litwack --$tThe Molly Maguires /$rJ. Anthony Lukas --$tThey Died with their Boots On /$rAlvin M. Josephy, Jr. --$tFort Apache /$rDee Brown --$tThe Tale of Wyatt Earp: Seven Films /$rJohn Mack Faragher --$tKhartoum /$rDavid Levering Lewis --$tMurder by Decree /$rDavid Cannadine --$tFreud /$rPeter Gay --$tYoung Winston /$rWilliam Manchester --$tHester Street /$rJoyce Antler --$tGallipoli /$rKenneth T. Jackson --$tWorld War I: Five Films /$rTom Wicker --$tReds /$rChristine Stansell --$tRosa Luxemburg /$rJohn Patrick Diggins --$tThe Front Page /$rArthur Schlesinger, Jr. --$tMatewan /$rEric Foner --$tShanghai Express /$rJonathan D. Spence --$tHoudini /$rJohn F. Kasson --$tSullivan's Travels /$rGore Vidal --$tBonnie and Clyde /$rNancy F. Cott --$tThe Grapes of Wrath /$rAlan Brinkley --$tTora! Tora! Tora! /$rAkira Iriye --$tPT 109 /$rRichard Reeves --$tThe Longest Day /$rStephen E. Ambrose --$tPatton /$rPaul Fussell --
505 80 $tFat Man and Little Boy /$rMark C. Carnes --$tThe Human Condition /$rCarol Gluck --$tGandhi /$rGeoffrey C. Ward --$tTea and Sympathy /$rGeorge Chauncey --$tThe Long Walk Home /$rJacqueline Jones --$tDr. Strangelove /$rPaul Boyer --$tJFK /$rStanley Karnow --$tMississippi Burning /$rWilliam H. Chafe --$tMalcolm X /$rClayborne Carson --$tApocalypse Now /$rFrances FitzGerald --$tAll the President's Men /$rWilliam E. Leuchtenburg --$tThe Emperor's Last Review /$rSimon Schama.
520 $aThere is no denying the tremendous power movies have in shaping our perceptions of the past. From Julius Caesar to Joan of Arc to Gandhi, many of history's greatest figures have become inextricably bound to their screen images.
520 8 $aIt may not be the job of filmmakers to ensure the historical accuracy of these films, especially when deviation serves a compelling dramatic purpose. But wouldn't it be useful - and fascinating - to learn what has been changed, and for what reason? In Past Imperfect: History According to the Movies, sixty of the world's most lauded historical writers look beneath the celluloid surface of popular movies to examine the relationship between film and the historical record.
520 8 $aBeginning with a probing conversation between historian Eric Foner and director John Sayles (Eight Men Out, Matewan), Past Imperfect surveys nearly one hundred classic films, including Spartacus, Gone with the Wind, The Grapes of Wrath, and Malcolm X. Best-selling authors such as Gore Vidal, James M.
520 8 $aMcPherson, Antonia Fraser, William Manchester, and Simon Schama skewer, praise, pick apart, and otherwise illuminate these cinematic portrayals of history, telling us as much about what the filmmakers got right as about where they went wrong.
650 0 $aHistorical films$xHistory and criticism.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008105684
650 0 $aMotion pictures and history.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85088131
700 1 $aCarnes, Mark C.$q(Mark Christopher),$d1950-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82165083
830 0 $aHenry Holt reference book.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91030776
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