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Sarah Kozloff's study of William Wyler's drama about three Servicemen struggling to adapt to civilian life on their return home after World War II addresses the Best Years' status as a 'social problem' film depicting class divisions and the psychological effects of war, as well as its reception history and contemporary relevance.
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Named as one of Kansas City Star's top 100 books of 2011:
http://www.kansascity.com/2011/12/01/3297721/the-stars-top-100-books-of-2011.html#ixzz1fPZcCN3Q
'Part of my admiration for this intelligent and judicious contribution to the BFI Film Classics - a series that by now may qualify as the most successful and title-heavy book series in the history of film criticism, perhaps in any language - is my conviction, which I share with Kozloff, that William Wyler's 1946, 171-minute masterpiece about returning American soldiers after the end of WW2 is, existentially speaking, a rare and almost unprecedented act of witness and social conscience for a Hollywood feature.' - Jonathan Rosenbaum
http://www.kansascity.com/2011/12/01/3297721/the-stars-top-100-books-of-2011.html#ixzz1fPZcCN3Q
'Part of my admiration for this intelligent and judicious contribution to the BFI Film Classics - a series that by now may qualify as the most successful and title-heavy book series in the history of film criticism, perhaps in any language - is my conviction, which I share with Kozloff, that William Wyler's 1946, 171-minute masterpiece about returning American soldiers after the end of WW2 is, existentially speaking, a rare and almost unprecedented act of witness and social conscience for a Hollywood feature.' - Jonathan Rosenbaum
About the author
SARAH KOZLOFF is ?Professor in the Department of Film, on the William R. Kenan, Jr. Chair, at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA. She is the author of a number of books, including Overhearing Film Dialogue (2000) and Invisible Storytellers: Voice-Over Narration in American Fiction Film (1988).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Best Years of Our Lives
Authors: Sarah Kozloff
Series Title: BFI Film Classics
Publisher: British Film Institute London
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-1-84457-566-4Published: 11 May 2011
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: 128