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The Great War in American and British Cinema, 1918–1938The Black Void

The Great War in American and British Cinema, 1918–1938: The Black Void [This chapter discusses the production history, audience response, and broader cultural context of Lewis Milestone’s film All Quiet on the Western Front (1930). This movie, which won the Academy Award for Best Production, was both a major financial success and cultural moment in the remembrance of the Great War. I discuss the movie as an example of what I term “The Black VoidBlack Void”, a nihilistic view of the conflict that became the dominant framework of the war in cinema afterwards. Audience reaction in both the United States and the United Kingdom are contextualized.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

The Great War in American and British Cinema, 1918–1938The Black Void

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Springer International Publishing
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978-3-030-60670-1
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115 –130
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[This chapter discusses the production history, audience response, and broader cultural context of Lewis Milestone’s film All Quiet on the Western Front (1930). This movie, which won the Academy Award for Best Production, was both a major financial success and cultural moment in the remembrance of the Great War. I discuss the movie as an example of what I term “The Black VoidBlack Void”, a nihilistic view of the conflict that became the dominant framework of the war in cinema afterwards. Audience reaction in both the United States and the United Kingdom are contextualized.]

Published: Nov 11, 2020

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