My Dinner with Alain: War Cinema

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Channel: University of California Television (UCTV) · 2008 · Education

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Alain Cohen is a Professor of Comparative Literature at UCSD who specializes in film history.  In this program presented at the UCSD Faculty Club, Cohen examines the challenges of war films as a genre. Clips from various films about World Wars I & II, Vietnam, space wars, etc., illustrate how the filmmakers battle with issues of world history, order and chaos, studio budgets, editing techniques and conflicts of interpretation to realize their vision of combat. [2/2003] [Humanities] [Show ID: 6959]

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