İhanet Yılları: Amerika'ya Karşı Çalışmaları Araştırma Komitesi'nin Tutanakları

by Eric Bentley (Compilation), Ülkü Tamer (Translator)

Mahkemeler, "Hollywood'daki Kara Liste Kampanyası" oluşturmaya başlamışlardı. Anti-Amerikan Faaliyetleri Tespit Komitesi Genel Sekreteri J. Parnell Thomas tarafından sürdürülen bu faaliyetler 1951'de ikinci bir mahkemenin sonuçlanmasıyla iki yüz kişinin Amerikan sinemasından uzaklaştırılmasına neden oldu. Birçok senarist 'kara liste'deydi. Hollywood film üretimini yavaşlama yöntemine başvurdu: 1951'de 361 film çevrilikten bu rakam, 1955'te 241 filme kadar düştü. Hollywood tam anlamıyla bir, 'daralma' yaşıyordu. Her yıl en az bir film yapan yönetmenler şimdi 'asıl' filmin bir parçası olmuş ve sessizce bu kıyıma tanık oluyorlardı. Yıllar sonra Lillian Hellman bu dönemi anlattığı kitabın adını, "Şarlatanlar Dönemi" koyacaktı.

Genres: History, Politics

224 pages, Unknown Binding

First published November 30, 1971

About the author

Eric Russell Bentley was a British-born American theater critic, playwright, singer, editor, and translator whose work shaped twentieth-century theatrical discourse. Educated at University College, Oxford, and Yale University, where he earned his doctorate, he later taught at Black Mountain College and Columbia University and served as theatre critic for The New Republic. Known for his incisive and uncompromising criticism, he became one of the foremost English-language authorities on Bertolt Brecht, translating, editing, and performing Brecht’s work and recording landmark albums of Brecht songs. Bentley was also an accomplished playwright, with Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been, drawn from Un-American Activities Committee hearings, becoming his most produced play. He appeared for decades as a cabaret performer and was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame. An advocate for artistic and political freedom, he publicly opposed the Vietnam War and later spoke openly about his homosexuality and its influence on his work.

Reviews

[Mike Fisher · Rating 5 out of 5]

The HUAC to my thinking was very un-American this audiobook confirms my thoughts. As Americans we must always vigilant for those in power to exceed there authority and abuse this authority. Often they cloak themselves in the flag or a religion. This audiobook demonstrates just how easy this is. I do remember some of this period and listening to this audiobook was very informative.