Red Hollywood
Red Hollywood [1] is a 1996 American documentary film by film essayists Thom Andersen and Noël Burch about the films made by the blacklisted writers and directors during the 1930s-1950s.[2][3][4]
Summary[edit]
Narrated by African-American filmmaker Billy Woodberry, the essay (originated by Andersen in 1985 before being expanded in book form by Bruch) is a revisionist history of the left-leaning filmmakers that were responsible for Hollywood's portraits of the social issues of the 20th Century drawing from 53 features.[5][6][7][8]
Interviewed were some of The Hollywood Ten including Abraham Polonsky and Ring Lardner, Jr. alongside fellow blacklisted artists Paul Jarrico and Alfred Levitt.[9][10][11]
Reception[edit]
Red Hollywood received a 75% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[12]
References[edit]
- ^ "Red Hollywood". LUX. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
- ^ Red Hollywood (1996) | MUBI. Retrieved 2024-05-20 – via mubi.com.
- ^ Rosenbaum, Jonathan (1985-10-26). "Red Hollywood". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
- ^ Dargis, Manohla (2014-08-14). "Un-American, Some Said. But Not Unworthy". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
- ^ "Red Hollywood". Academy Museum of Motion Pictures - Timeline. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
- ^ Nast, Condé. "Red Hollywood". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
- ^ Lim, Sandra E. (2010-12-20). "Rehabilitating the Hollywood Left in Thom Andersen and Noël Burch's Red Hollywood (1996/2014) – Senses of Cinema". Retrieved 2024-05-20.
- ^ "Red Hollywood". Screen Slate. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
- ^ "Red Hollywood". Film at Lincoln Center. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
- ^ "Red Hollywood". BAMPFA. 2014-12-22. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
- ^ "Red Hollywood". Harvard Film Archive. 2015-11-01. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
- ^ "Red Hollywood | Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
See also[edit]
- Social realism
- Film gris
- Mcarthyism
- Message picture
- Los Angeles Plays Itself - 2003 video essay by Andersen
- What Do Those Old Films Mean? - 1985 documentary miniseries by Bruch about silent films in social contact
- United States in the 1950s