Red Hollywood Explained

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

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

Red Hollywood received a 75% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.^[12]

See also

• 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

External links

• Official trailer
• Red Hollywood at IMDb
• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Red Hollywood . 2024-05-20 . LUX . en-GB.
2. Red Hollywood (1996) MUBI . en . 2024-05-20 . mubi.com.
3. Web site: Rosenbaum . Jonathan . 1985-10-26 . Red Hollywood . 2024-05-20 . Chicago Reader . en-US.
4. News: Dargis . Manohla . 2014-08-14 . Un-American, Some Said. But Not Unworthy. . 2024-05-20 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
5. Web site: Red Hollywood . 2024-05-20 . Academy Museum of Motion Pictures - Timeline.
6. Web site: Nast . Condé . Red Hollywood . 2024-05-20 . The New Yorker . en-US.
7. Web site: Lim . Sandra E. . 2010-12-20 . Rehabilitating the Hollywood Left in Thom Andersen and Noël Burch's Red Hollywood (1996/2014) – Senses of Cinema . 2024-05-20 . en-US.
8. Web site: Red Hollywood . 2024-05-20 . Screen Slate . en.
9. Web site: Red Hollywood . 2024-05-20 . Film at Lincoln Center . en.
10. Web site: 2014-12-22 . Red Hollywood . 2024-05-20 . BAMPFA . en.
11. Web site: 2015-11-01 . Red Hollywood . 2024-05-20 . Harvard Film Archive . en.
12. Web site: Red Hollywood Rotten Tomatoes . 2024-05-20 . www.rottentomatoes.com . en.