TY - BOOK AU - Burgoyne,Robert TI - The Hollywood historical film T2 - New approaches to film genre SN - 9781405146036 (pbk.) : AV - PN1995.9.H5 B89 2008 U1 - 791.436580973 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Malden, MA PB - Blackwell KW - Historical films KW - United States KW - History and criticism N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - The author gives an historical overview of historical films of Hollywood. Then he defines and illustrates five types of historical film: the war film (for example, Saving Private Ryan), the epic film (for example, Gladiator), the biographical film (for example, Schindler's list), the metahistorical film (for example, JFK) and the topical historical film (for example World Trade Center) ER -