How USA Has Represented and Interpreted the Pacific War on its Movies

How USA Has Represented and Interpreted the Pacific War on its Movies

Comparison between history and interests of

Hollywood and Washington

Sergio Mena

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

How USA Has Represented and Interpreted the Pacific War on its MoviesComparison between history and interests of Hollywood and Washington

WHAT

TITLE

La guerra del Pacífico en el cine estadounidense. Representación e interpretación de un acontecimiento histórico (1941-1991)

Sergio MenaUniversidad Autónoma de Madrid

The Pacific War on American Cinema. Representation and Interpretation of a Historical Event (1941-1991)

WHAT

THESIS STATEMENT

“Social , political and economic circumstances given at the time of production of these films have determined the treatment approach of its scripts , characters, actions and plots”



WHAT

OBJETIVES



The Battle of Midway

John Ford

1942

Midway

Jack Smight

1976

HOW



- Historiographic sources

- Interviews to experts

- Quantitative Analysis of films

- 180 films

- Qualitative Analysis of films

- 40 selected films (Ticket, Awards, Critics…)

- They depict battles and events (13) of the war

- At least there are two films depicting each event

- Relation between content and context of time of production

HOW



1941

1943

1945

1947

1949

1951

1953

1955

1957

1959

1961

1963

1965

1967

1969

1971

1973

1975

1977

1979

1981

1983

1985

1987

1989

1991

ROOSEVELT TRUMAN EISENHOWER - KENNEDY NIXON – FORD – CARTER - REAGAN BUSH

15

26

36

0 3 5 4 3 4 4 2 3 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 1

Berlin CrisisKorea War

Berlin WallCuban Missile Crisis

Vietnam WarStar Wars

Fall

WHO

IS DOING THIS WORK



- Journalist

- Ph. D. In Journalism

- Currently working as a Non Tenured Professor

- Degree in Audiovisual Communication

- Mixture

Tutored by

Carmen de la Guardia

WHO

ARE THE MAIN SOURCES



WHO

WERE BEHIND THE CAMERAS



WHY



- No previous essays made in Spain

- To prove hidden relation between Hollywood and Washington

- Hollywood films were and are the main sources of Western sterotypes around the World

WHEN



11FEBRUARY

2013

30SEPTEMBER

2017

PARTIAL RESULTS



- The number of films has been decreasing by the time

- Films made at the time of the war were influenced by the OWI

- Vietnam War was a milestone between pro-war films and pacifist ones



THANK YOUand

Pardon for the grammar mistakes

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