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TRAILERS and PREVIEWS

Brown, Todd. (2007). "Footage from Taras Bulba." Twitch. Cited in:

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"Cossack Brotherhood." (1962). Taras Bulba. Cited in:

http://www.tcm.com/video/videoPlayer/?cid=253615&titleId=17795

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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081059/

"Michael Collins," (1986). Cited in:

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"Taras Bulba." (1962). Cited in:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056556/plotsummary

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http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=336714&contentTypeId=130&category=trailer

"V for Vendetta." (2005). Film...

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It is also interesting to note that over time, the focus of the insurgency theme changes. In the examples in our essay, all the insurgents are clearly meant to be heroic and sympathetic, and the political leanings of the films obvious. Contrast this with the winner of the 2009 Academy Award for Best Picture, Avatar, in which it is humankind as a whole who are the antagonist, but in general, the indigenous population remaining the heroic and emulated. See: G. Pattnayak, (2009). "Avatar Movie review." TheReelMag.com. Cited in: http://www.thereelmag.com/2009/12/avatar-movie-review-critique.html

See, for example: Hildyard, J. (1981). "Behind the Cameras on "Lion of the Desert." American Cinematographer. 62 (4): 340+; Mark Golub. (1998). "History Died for Our Sins: Guilt and Responsibility in Hollywood Redemption Histories." Journal of American Culture. 21 (3): 23+; Barta, T. (1998). Screening the Past: Film and the Representation of History. Praeger Press.