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The ambivalent legacy of Elia Kazan : the politics of the post-HUAC films / Ron Briley.

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The films covered in this volume include Viva Zapata (1952), On the Waterfront (1954), East of Eden (1954), Baby Doll (1956), A Face in the Crowd (1957), Splendor in the Grass (1961), America, America (1963), and The Last Tycoon (1976)

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Briley, Ron, 1949- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2016.
Series:Film and history (Lanham, Md.)
Subjects:
Kazan, Elia > Criticism and interpretation.
Motion picture producers and directors > Political activity > United States.
Motion pictures > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Communism and motion pictures > United States.
Kazan, Elia.
Communism and motion pictures.
Motion picture producers and directors > Political activity.
Motion pictures > Political aspects.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: no regrets?
  • Viva Zapata! (1952) and Cold War liberalism
  • Kazan and the anticommunist film genre: Man on a tightrope (1953)
  • The ambivalence of informing: On the waterfront (1954)
  • Father and sons and the cost of pursuing the American Dream: East of Eden (1955)
  • Sexuality and the new south: Baby doll (1956)
  • A return to progressive principles and the shape of things to come: A face in the crowd (1957)
  • Looking backward and the cost of progress: Wild river (1960)
  • Anticipating the youth rebellion: Splendor in the grass (1960)
  • The Anatolian smile and the immigrant experience: America America (1963)
  • Rebelling against the arranged life: The arrangement (1969)
  • The final films: The visitors (1971) and The last tycoon (1976)

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