Directors as Public Historians:A Case Study of Clint Eastwood’s Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima

• Main Authors: Chen, Chong-An, 陳崇安
• Other Authors: Chou, Liang-Kai
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/a9h2u5

碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 歷史學系 === 106 === 　　This Thesis aims to develop an analytical framework of study of “directors as public historians” based on the theories and practices of public history in American and Taiwan by a close reading and interpretation of Clint Eastwood’s two feature films, Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima. 　　From the year of 2003 onward, the development of public history has shown its close interaction with historiophoty. This Thesis analyzes Eastwood’s Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima with four theoretical elements: First of all, accordingly to the theory of spectrum of truth and fiction, the representation of historical feature films as a form of public history must be provided with truth in fiction. Second, the representation of historical feature films must be provided with multiple perspectives. Third, the representation of historical feature films also emphasize interdisciplinary cooperation and team work. Last, we should examine the relationship between the content of the film, and filmmakers’ intellectual characteristics in order to see how their historical consciousness have been practiced in the films they made. By applying this analytical framework in the study of Eastwood’s two feature films on the Battle of Iwo Jima, this thesis has demonstrated the validity of the theoretical proposal of “directors as public historians.”