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Tables of Contents for Cinema Nation
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Editor's Note
xix
Carl Bromley
Introduction
xxi
Stuart Klawans
Foreword
xxix
Peter Biskind
Early Days---Fatty and the Wobblies
The Week December 18, 1913
3
2
The Week December 7, 1916
5
2
Education by Celluloid [Letter to the Editor] October 20, 1920
7
2
Arbuckle and the IWW February 14, 1923
9
3
Catherine Hofteling
The Talkies February 10, 1929
12
7
Alexander Bakshy
Founding Fathers
The Regulation of Films May 6, 1915
19
4
Oswald Garrison Villard
Mass Movies November 9, 1927
23
3
Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein
The Season in Moscow June 27, 1928
26
5
Joseph Wood Krutch
Ivan the Terrible April 26, 1947
31
4
James Agee
David Wark Griffith September 4, 1948
35
6
James Agee
The Great Chaplin Chase August 4, 1956
41
8
Ernest Callenbach
Charlie's Chaplin October 12, 1964
49
8
John Houseman
Griffith's Russian Fans September 21, 1970
57
6
Robert Sklar
Is that a pistol in your pocket?---Morality, influence and censorship
Film Censors and Other Morons (Editorial) December 12, 1920
63
3
Virtue in Cans (Editorial) April 16, 1930
66
2
The Week (Mae West) November 1, 1933
68
1
The church and the Movies May 8, 1948
69
8
Paul Blanshard
Warner Bros. Before the code February 14, 1994
77
8
Stuart Klawans
Einstein in Hollywood and other Probabilities
The ``Odyssey'' of Disney march 28, 1934
85
3
James Thurber
Einstein in Hollywood August 6, 1938
88
3
George S. Kaufman
Hollywood Djinn July 25, 1953
91
5
Nelson Algren
Goodbye to Mr. Stark February 7, 1981
96
8
Ring Lardner Jr.
The Movies and Me November 4, 1996
104
5
Michael Moore
Hollywood Goes to War: Fascism and World War 2
Hollywood Plays With Fascism May 29,. 1935
109
6
Carey McWilliams
No Soap Boxes in Hollywood March 4, 1936
115
3
Morrie Ryskind
Hollywood Fights Back May 13, 1936
118
6
Herbert Kline
Hollywood Goes to War January 27, 1945
124
9
Dorothy Jones
Rhapsody in Blue and Black: Scenes from the Struggle in company Town
Revolt in Hollywood July 17, 1929
133
4
Somerset Logan
Hollywood is a Union Town April 2, 1938
137
7
Morton Thompson
Rhapsody in Black and Blue October 20, 1945
144
6
Gates Ward
Hollywood in Black and White September 20, 1965
150
8
John Oliver Killens
Runaway Shops April 3, 2000
158
5
Marc Cooper
Honor Bright and all that Jazz: The Blacklist and After
The Grand Inquisition November 8, 1947
163
5
I.F. Stone
Hollywood Gray List November 19, 1949
168
3
Carey McWilliams
Hollywood Meets Frankenstein June 28, 1952
171
7
``X''
Blacklist=Black Market May 4, 1957
178
12
Dalton Trumbo
Honor the Blacklistees April 3, 2000
190
5
Victor Navasky
Going Underground: The Sixties
Marilyn Monroe: 1926--1962 August 25, 1962
195
8
Lincoln Kirstein
Manchurian Candidate in Dallas December 28, 1963
203
4
Richard Condon
A Feast for Open Eyes April 13, 1964
207
6
Susan Sontag
Fuzz's Progress May 4, 1964
213
6
Diane Di Prima
Andy Warhol, Movie Maker February 22, 1965
219
8
Howard Junker
The World Is Not Enough: Hollywood and the World
Hollywood International January 6, 1945
227
6
John Grierson
Letter from Italy March 19, 1960
233
4
William Weaver
Films from the Vietcong January 24, 1968
237
5
Peter Gessner
Fictionalizing the Truth in Latin America June 25, 1983
242
8
Ariel Dorfman
Gatt and The Shape of Our Dreams January 17, 1994
250
6
daniel Singer
Freedom and the Dream Factory October 13, 1997
256
4
Marcel Ophuls
The Last Uprising January 31, 2000
260
11
Carl Bromley
Late Hollywood? Or: Forward to the Military-Industrial-entertainment Complex!
It Must Have Been---`` April 18, 1981
271
5
Sidney Lumet
The New Custerism May 13, 1991
276
9
David Seals
JFK and JFK January 13, 1992
285
6
Alexander Cockburn
The Tie That Binds April 6, 1992
291
5
Nora Ephron
Exchange May 18, 1992
296
3
Oliver Stone, Alexander Cockburn
Out in Hollywood July 5, 1993
299
4
Paul Rudnick
Get Thee Behind Me, Disney! July 21, 1997
303
3
Katha Pollitt
Culture Watch: Alien Nation July 15/22, 1998
306
11
John Leonard
Bulworth Agonistes July 6, 1998
317
3
Patricia Williams
The Clinton-Douglas Debates Novembers 16, 1998
320
4
Christopher Hitchens
Looking for Mr. Right, April 5/12, 1999
324
10
David Corn
Inside Indiewood April 3, 2000
334
12
Peter Biskind
War Games April 3, 2000
346
9
James Der Derian
Our Critics Speak
The Path of the Movies April 29, 1925
355
4
Gilbert Seldes
King Kong March 22, 1933
359
2
William Troy
Snow White January 22, 1938
361
3
Mark Van Doren
Citizen Kane April 26, 1940
364
3
Anthony Bower
Dumbo November 8, 1941
367
3
Siegfried Kracauer
The Curse of the Cat People April 1, 1944
370
3
James Agee
National Velvet December 23, 1944
373
3
James Agee
Zero de Conduite/L'atalante July 12, 1947
376
5
James Agee
Fight Films May , 1949
381
4
Manny Farber
John Huston June 4, 1949
385
3
Manny Farber
French Movies June 18, 1949
388
3
Manny Farber
Sunset Boulevard September 23, 1950
391
3
Manny Farber
Strangers on a Train July 28, 1951
394
3
Manny Farber
Jerry Lewis September 1, 1951
397
3
Manny Farber
A Streetcar named Desire october 20, 1951
400
2
Manny Farber
Sister Carrie May 17, 1952
402
3
Manny Farber
Times Square Moviegoers July 4, 1953
405
2
Manny Farber
3-D Films August 8, 1953
407
3
Manny Farber
Roman Holiday September 12, 1953
410
3
Manny Farber
Blow-Up January 9, 1967
413
3
robert Hatch
The Battle of Algiers October 9, 1967
416
4
Harold Clurman
Gimme Shelter January 4, 1971
420
3
Robert Hatch
Jaws August 30, 1975
423
4
Robert Hatch
Star Wars June 25, 1977
427
2
Robert Hatch
Grease July 1, 1978
429
2
Robert Hatch
Terms of Endearment January 14, 1984
431
3
Peter Biskind
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom June 9, 1984
434
4
Andrew Kopkind
Another Country July 7--14, 1984
438
3
Andrew Kopkind
Red Dawn September 15, 1984
441
4
Andrew Kopkind
A Passage to India February 9, 1985
445
4
Andrew Kopkind
Rambo: First Blood Part 2/birdy June 22, 1985
449
3
Andrew Kopkind
My Beautiful Laundrette April 19, 1986
452
3
Andrew Kopkind
Platoon January 17, 1987
455
4
Terrence Rafferty
Rendez-vous/Scene of the Crime February 7, 1987
459
5
Terrence Rafferty
Wedding in Galilee/Friendship's Death May 28, 1988
464
5
Edward Said
Do the Right Thing July 17, 1989
469
5
Stuart Klawans
Jurassic Park/Last Action Hero July 19, 1993
474
4
Stuart Klawans
Three Colors: Red December 12, 1994
478
5
Stuart Klawans
Lone Star July 29/August 5, 1996
483
4
Stuart Klawans
Eyes Wide Shut August 9/16, 1999
487
4
Stuart Klawans
Magnolia February 7, 2000
491
4
Stuart Klawans
Index
495