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Seeing Is Believing: How Hollywood Taught Us to Stop Worrying and Love the Fifties
Published in Paperback by Owl Books (2000)
Author: Peter Biskind
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A Different Look at Movies from the '50's
Peter Biskind uses "Seeeing is Believing" to look back at films from the 1950's from a socio-political perspective. Using terms such as corporate liberals to define characters in films, and classifying films as either right-wing or left-wing biased, Biskind dissects several well-known films, and more than a few not well-known, from the early Cold War era based on uncommon film criticsm methods. The book is not for the typical movie fan, but for readers with more intellectual pursuits in mind.

Biskind often reads too much into the films he analyzes to substantiate his points, and will quote dialogue out of context from a film under discussion, or from other films of the time. It is doubtful that the producer, director, or writer of a science fiction film like "Them" imagined their science fiction action adventure about giant ants taking over the world to be as complex as Biskind makes it out to be. It is rare that giant ant films are analyzed in the same book as such 1950's classics as "On The Waterfront" and "Rebel Without a Cause." Knowing the Hollywood studio assembly line structure of time, and the large number of contract employees who provided input into any one film, it is difficult to believe that the large number of disparate films analyzed in the book would follow the same general set of character and plot rules as Biskind imagines.

The reading may not be light and easygoing, but "Seeing is Believing" gives the reader new food for thought the next time one of the films discussed in the book pops up on cable television.


Political Issues in America Today
Published in Paperback by Palgrave Macmillan (1988)
Authors: Philip John Davies and Fredric A. Waldstein
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Political Issues in America: The 1990s (Politics Today)
Published in Hardcover by Manchester Univ Pr (1991)
Authors: Philip John Davies and Fredric A. Waldstein
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Workshop Methods of Work: The Best Tips from 25 Years of Fine Woodworking (Methods of Work Series)
Published in Paperback by Taunton Pr (14 September, 2000)
Author: Jim Richey
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Priests, Prophets, and Scribes
Published in Hardcover by Sheffield Academic Pr (2000)
Authors: Ulrich, Joseph Blenkinsopp, Philip R. Davies, and John W. Wright
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Science Fiction, Social Conflict and War (Cultural Politics Series)
Published in Hardcover by Manchester Univ Pr (1991)
Author: Philip John Davies
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Second Temple Studies III: Studies in Politics, Class and Material Culture (Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement)
Published in Hardcover by Sheffield Academic Pr (2002)
Authors: Philip R. Davies and John M. Halligan
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Route 66 A.D. : On the Trail of Ancient Roman Tourists
Published in Hardcover by Random House (23 April, 2002)
Author: Tony Perrottet
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Us Elections Today: New Edition of Elections USA (Politics Today (Manchester, England).)
Published in Hardcover by Manchester Univ Pr (1999)
Author: Philip John Davies
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