Splice: Volume 5, Issue 3

Splice Volume 5 Issue 3 is a 'War'-themed issue, which recognises the variety of approaches taken to this long-lasting film genre. The conventions of the World War II movie are discussed in the lengthy opening article, which covers the terrain from John Ford's 'Why We Fight' information/propoganda films of the 1940s to Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds . Another article considers the representation of the journalist and photo-journalist in the war film, from Apocalypse Now and Vietnam to Lions for Lambs and the Iraq invasion. Representations of war in older historical periods are discussed in articles on The Last of the Mohicans (War of Independence) and Witchfinder General (English Civil War). Finally, we are brought up-to-date with a piece on Kathryn Bigelow's Oscar-winning The Hurt Locker .