Revisiting the Blacklist Western: A Reception Study of High Noon
Authors: Fisher, A.
Journal: Journal of Cinema and Media Studies
Publication Date: 01/03/2022
Volume: 61
Issue: 5
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/34479/
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Revisiting the Blacklist Western: A Reception Study of High Noon
Authors: Fisher, A.
Journal: Journal of Cinema and Media Studies
Publication Date: 01/01/2022
Volume: 61
Issue: 5
Pages: 137-158
eISSN: 2578-4919
ISSN: 2578-4900
DOI: 10.1353/cj.2021.0087
Abstract:This article uses newspaper archives to assess the extent to which High Noon (Fred Zinnemann, 1952) was received as a film with a political message pertaining to the Hollywood blacklist on its initial cinematic release. Various assumptions surrounding the film are interrogated by revealing that the film was overwhelmingly hailed as an instant genre classic, by examining levels of awareness around writer Carl Foreman’s role, and by analyzing concordances between news coverage of the House Un-American Activities Committee and that of High Noon. The article thereby seeks to illuminate the fragmentary nature of political discourse in Cold War–era popular culture.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/34479/
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