The Holocaust Film Sourcebook: [2 volumes]

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Guides the reader through all films - fictional, documentary, and propaganda - related to the Holocaust and its effects The Holocaust has been the subject of an increasing number of recent films, most notably Schindler's List, Life is Beautiful, and The Pianist, all of which were rewarded with many Academy Awards. But the history of films dealing with this important subject goes back much further than the early nineties, and the two-volume Holocaust Film Sourcebook will be the first comprehensive guide to them. It responds to this growing body of cinematic work that is uniquely intertwined with historical reality - and which often tries to recreate that "reality" for the audience. As more scholars and viewers turn to cinema for a greater understanding of the twentieth century's greatest atrocity, this work is invaluable, offering readers a guide through all films - fictional, documentary, and propaganda - related to the Holocaust and its effects, including filmographies, bibliographies, production histories, and spotlight essays on key pictures. In doing so, it considers the questions at the root of Holocaust cinema: can reality be represented What kinds of stories are best suited to it What moral issues are at stake But most importantly, in the course of hundreds of entries and a wealth of information, it provides complete coverage of a subject that is at once timely, historical, creative, and unendingly controversial. Of use to film buffs, historians, and researchers, The Holocaust Film Sourcebook provides an invaluable resource. Contains filmographies, bibliographies, and production histories Includes spotlight essays on key films

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.,."[P]rovides a much-needed guidance to the cinematic images of the Holocaust, while at the same time spotlighting the main points of the critical controversy over such images through a series of sharply focused essays....The authors...cogently argue that we cannot understand the resonance of the Nazi genocide without taking into account popular films that use the generic conventions of horror, mystery, comedy, and even pornography, since it is these conventions that shape the contemporary perceptions of the Holocaust."-Dr. Elana Gomel, Department of English Tel-Aviv University
[I]t would be unthinkable to plan a course or to write a piece on Holocaust cinema without consulting The Holocaust Film Sourcebook. Far more comprehensive than earlier works on the subject....The individual film entries will be extremely useful, even to specialists who have worked in this field for decades....the bibliographies provided in these entries are excellent selections of the available material....The Holocaust Film Sourcebook is an extremely useful and inspiring reference work that anyone studying, teaching or writing within this area will want to consult, and that any well-stocked library will want to own.-Review of Communication
[P]icard has created a comprehensive annotated listing of international films related to the Holocaust....[i]t would be hard to find any film that has not been included. The set will be extremely useful in an academic or special library that supports either a film studies or Holocaust studies program. Its value as a collection development tool is enhanced by information on where to obtain these films.-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
Superb indexing and a substantial resource section listing archives, rental locations, Jewish film festivals, and other locations of interest for Jewish cinema make this an essential source. Essential. All libraries.-Choice
This title is certain to be an essential addition for larger academic and general libraries and those dedicated to the cinema and to the history of the period.-Reference Reviews
"It would be unthinkable to plan a course or to write a piece on Holocaust cinema without consulting The Holocaust Film Sourcebook. Far more comprehensive than earlier works on the subject....The individual film entries will be extremely useful, even to specialists who have worked in this field for decades....the bibliographies provided in these entries are excellent selections of the available material....The Holocaust Film Sourcebook is an extremely useful and inspiring reference work that anyone studying, teaching or writing within this area will want to consult, and that any well-stocked library will want to own."-Review of Communication
"Picard has created a comprehensive annotated listing of international films related to the Holocaust....it would be hard to find any film that has not been included. The set will be extremely useful in an academic or special library that supports either a film studies or Holocaust studies program. Its value as a collection development tool is enhanced by information on where to obtain these films."-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
"[P]icard has created a comprehensive annotated listing of international films related to the Holocaust....[i]t would be hard to find any film that has not been included. The set will be extremely useful in an academic or special library that supports either a film studies or Holocaust studies program. Its value as a collection development tool is enhanced by information on where to obtain these films."-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
"Superb indexing and a substantial resource section listing archives, rental locations, Jewish film festivals, and other locations of interest for Jewish cinema make this an essential source. Essential. All libraries."-Choice
"This title is certain to be an essential addition for larger academic and general libraries and those dedicated to the cinema and to the history of the period."-Reference Reviews
"[I]t would be unthinkable to plan a course or to write a piece on Holocaust cinema without consulting The Holocaust Film Sourcebook. Far more comprehensive than earlier works on the subject....The individual film entries will be extremely useful, even to specialists who have worked in this field for decades....the bibliographies provided in these entries are excellent selections of the available material....The Holocaust Film Sourcebook is an extremely useful and inspiring reference work that anyone studying, teaching or writing within this area will want to consult, and that any well-stocked library will want to own."-Review of Communication

Author Bio

CAROLINE JOAN ("KAY") PICART is an Assistant Professor of English and Courtesy Assistant Professor of Law at Florida State University. She is the co-editor of The Frankenstein Film Sourcebook (Greenwood, 2001) and author of The Cinematic Rebirths of Frankenstein: Universal, Hammer, and Beyond (Praeger, 2001) and the memoir Inside Notes from the Outside.