The cinema has considerable power in shaping our perceptions of the past. History's most momentous events or greatest figures are inextricably bound up with their presentation on film. What is the relationship between audience, film producer, actor and historical figure or event? How does film affect popular understanding of history? This text attempts to answer these and other questions, examining the relationship between film and the historical record, comprising essays on films as diverse as "Gandhi", "Malcolm X", "Dr. Strangelove", "Jurassic Park", "Houdini", "Bonnie and Clyde" and "Julius Caesar". It is illustrated with photographs from many periods of cinema. The writers include Gore Vidal, Simon Schama, Antonia Fraser, Stephen Jay Gould and Stephen Ambrose.
- ISBN10 0304348058
- ISBN13 9780304348053
- Publish Date 9 May 1996 (first published 1 September 1995)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 6 August 1999
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Octopus Publishing Group
- Imprint Cassell Illustrated
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 304
- Language English