{"product_id":"powell-and-pressburgers-war-greg-m-coln-semenza-9798765105771","title":"Powell and Pressburger's War: The Art of Propaganda, 1939-1946","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA focused study on Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's cinematic contributions to the war effort, arguing for the centrality of propaganda to their work as film artists.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMichael Powell and Emeric Pressburger are widely hailed as two of the greatest filmmakers in British cinema history. The release of their first movie, \u003ci\u003eThe Spy in Black\u003c\/i\u003e, barely preceded the beginning of World War Two, and a number of their early masterworks, including \u003ci\u003eThe Life and Death of Colonel Blimp\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Canterbury Tale\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Matter of Life and Death\u003c\/i\u003e, were produced in the service of the war effort. Through exploring the relationship between art and propaganda, this book shows that Powell and Pressburger saw no contradiction between their aesthetic ambitions and their cinematic war work: propaganda imperatives were highly conducive to their objectives as both commercial cinema practitioners and artists. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on production materials from the archives of the British Film Institute, this book charts three phases in Powell and Pressburger's wartime career: from first-time collaborators who strive to reconcile popular cinematic forms with developing notions of what constitutes effective propaganda; to accomplished, and sometimes controversial, propagandists whose movies center upon Britain's relations with its enemies and allies; to filmmakers whose responsiveness to the propaganda requirements of the late war is matched by a focus, shared by the Ministry of Information, on what the post-war future would bring.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Greg M. Col?n Semenza, Garrett A. Sullivan Jr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798765105771\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/31\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 282\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.59d","brand":"Greg M. Col?n Semenza","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46489391431935,"sku":"9798765105771","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_14a5e295-913a-4be1-a180-52215bc7f68e.jpg?v=1736953419","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/powell-and-pressburgers-war-greg-m-coln-semenza-9798765105771","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}