In this Book
- Hollywood Exiles in Europe: The Blacklist and Cold War Film Culture
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: Rutgers University Press
- Series: New Directions in International Studies
summary
Rebecca Prime documents the untold story of the American directors, screenwriters, and actors who exiled themselves to Europe as a result of the Hollywood blacklist. During the 1950s and 1960s, these Hollywood émigrés directed, wrote, or starred in almost one hundred European productions, their contributions ranging from crime film masterpieces like Du rififi chez les hommes (1955, Jules Dassin, director) to international blockbusters like The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957, Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson, screenwriters) and acclaimed art films like The Servant (1963, Joseph Losey, director).At once a lively portrait of a lesser-known American “lost generation” and an examination of an important transitional moment in European cinema, the book offers a compelling argument for the significance of the blacklisted émigrés to our understanding of postwar American and European cinema and Cold War relations. Prime provides detailed accounts of the production and reception of their European films that clarify the ambivalence with which Hollywood was regarded within postwar European culture. Drawing upon extensive archival research, including previously classified material, Hollywood Exiles in Europe suggests the need to rethink our understanding of the Hollywood blacklist as a purely domestic phenomenon. By shedding new light on European cinema’s changing relationship with Hollywood, the book illuminates the postwar shift from national to transnational cinema.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgements
- pp. ix-xii
- Introduction
- pp. 1-11
- 5. Cosmopolitan Visions, Cold War Fears
- pp. 108-129
- 7. The Legacy of the Blacklist
- pp. 158-172
- Conclusion
- pp. 173-182
- Selected Bibliography
- pp. 231-238
Additional Information
ISBN
9780813562636
Related ISBN(s)
9780813562629
MARC Record
OCLC
865334514
Pages
280
Launched on MUSE
2014-03-14
Language
English
Open Access
No