{"product_id":"the-fatal-alliance-by-david-thomson-9780063041417","title":"The Fatal Alliance","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“A marvellous bombshell of a book, by one of our most formidably knowledgeable and insightful writers on film, it is filled with surprises and witty asides. Though Thomson is quick to pounce on the hypocrisies and historical omissions of some of these war movies, there is nothing compromised about his own daredevil judgments. We are in the hands of a master critic\/essayist.”—Phillip Lopate\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom one of the greatest living writers on film, a magisterial look at a century of battle depicted on screen, and a meditation on the twisted relationship between war and the movies.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Fatal Alliance\u003c\/em\u003e, the acclaimed film critic David Thomson offers us one of his most provocative books yet—a rich, arresting, and troubling study of that most beloved genre: the war movie. It is not a standard history or survey of war films, although Thomson turns his typically piercing eye to many favourites—from \u003cem\u003eAll Quiet on the Western Front\u003c\/em\u003e to \u003cem\u003eThe Bridge on the River Kwai\u003c\/em\u003e to \u003cem\u003eSaving Private Ryan\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut \u003cem\u003eThe Fatal Alliance\u003c\/em\u003e does much more, exploring how war and cinema in the twentieth century became inextricably linked. Movies had only begun to exist by the beginning of World War I, yet in less than a century, had transformed civilian experience of war—and history itself—for millions around the globe. This reality is the moral conundrum at the heart of Thomson’s book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWar movies bring both prestige and are so often box office blockbusters; but is there something problematic at how much moviegoers enjoy depictions of violence on a grand scale, such as \u003cem\u003eApocalypse Now, Black Hawk Down\u003c\/em\u003e, or even \u003cem\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/em\u003e? And what does this truth say about us, our culture, and our changing sense of warfare and the past?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Arotahi Agency","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47599426863340,"sku":"9780063041417","price":80.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780063041417-the-fatal-alliance.jpg?v=1777977992","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-fatal-alliance-by-david-thomson-9780063041417","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}