Wonder and Cruelty : Ontological War in It's a Wonderful Life.

This book looks at why Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life is either the most inspirational or the cruelest film American cinema has ever produced. It depicts, perhaps unwittingly, an ontological war in which two well-matched adversaries fight a series of pitched battles that neither side...

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Author / Creator: Johnston, Steven.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Imprint: Lanham : Lexington Books, 2018.
Series:Politics, Literature, & Film
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Local Note:Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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