[NEohioPAL]Cleveland Public Library - History at the Movies

[Donald Boozer]

This week's posting from the Literature Department at
Cleveland Public Library highlights the use of historical
events and persons in the movies.
The Literature Department is located on the second
floor of the Main Library, downtown Cleveland, at East Sixth
Street and Superior Avenue. Click on the link provided to
access the library=92s catalog to reserve any of these titles.
For more information, visit our location, call 216-623-2881,
or email us at =93literature <at> cpl.org.=94


Shadows, Specters, Shards: Making History in Avant-Garde Film.
Jeffrey Skoller.
University of Minnesota Press, 2005.
(PN1995.9.H5 S46 2005)
http://www.cpl.org/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?isbn=3D081664232x
(Link includes a summary and table of contents)
"Jeffrey Skoller challenges the myth that avant-garde films are
obscurantist and disconnected from the realities of social and politi=
cal
history, and identifies a group of experimental films that take up so=
me
of the most important historical events of our era." -- from the back=
 cover


Based on a True Story*: Fact and Fantasy in 100 Favorite Movies
     (*But With More Car Crashes).
Jonathan Vankin and John Whalen.
(PN1995.9.H5 V36 2005)
http://www.cpl.org/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?isbn=3D1556525591
(Link includes cover art and a review)
"The authors of this book have dug up the truth behind
the 'true stories' -- not only how Hollywood has altered reality
to fit its formula, but why." -- from the back cover


Reel v. Real: How Hollywood Turns Fact Into Fiction.
Frank Sanello.
(PN1995.9.H5 S26 2003)
http://www.cpl.org/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?isbn=3D0878332685
"Cinematic depictions of the past are frequently accepted as unassail=
able
and true by those unfamiliar with the actual events. Reel v. Real exa=
mines
seventy movies that portray actual moments in history, comparing the
mythical account of each event to what really happened." -- from the =
back cover


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rville, Madison, or Fremont, just place a hold through the link provi=
ded and choose your library as the pickup location.

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Donald Boozer, Literature Department
Cleveland Public Library
325 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44114
donald.boozer at cpl.org
216-623-2881 / 216-623-7050 (fax)
http://www.cpl.org