James, Take a look at an article by Thomas Schatz entitled "WWII and the Hollywood 'War Film'" in _Refiguring American Film Genres_, ed. by Nick Browne. He deals specifically with movies released during WWII but it might offer some useful historical background. Mikhail Gershovich ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Camp" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 8:51 PM Subject: Hollywood and the war film > Hi > > Can anyone give me any information or advice regarding > useful information on war films. I`m particuarly > concentrating on Platoon, Apocalypse Now, Full Metal > Jacket, Saving Private Ryan, The Longest Day. Im > looking to see how these films represent US culture > and attitudes of the times. > Any information or links to decent websites would be > most helpful. > > Thanks > > James > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Everything you'll ever need on one web page > from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts > http://uk.my.yahoo.com > > ---- > Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite > http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite > > ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]