Synopsis
The survival of cinema in Europe and the analysis of its heritage are key issues for the new century. This book asks how we can define European cinema and how it should be studied. It provides an overview of the problems, traditions and key questions that have informed the study of European cinema, investigating the links and tensions between Europe and Hollywood and exploring the different experiences of national identities within a common European framework.
Twelve case studies of individual European films ranging from The Battleship Potemkin and The Lodger, to La Haine and Trainspotting, illustrate the distinctiveness and variety of cinema in Europe as well as the various critical methods by which it can be studied.
With its detailed analysis of films from several European countries including Britain and Russia, the book encourages a comparative approach and raises urgent questions about the future of European cinema in the context of globalization. It will be of interest to students in Film Studies, European Studies and Modern European Languages and Cultures.
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Review
The publication of European Cinema: An Introduction comes as a shower of rain in the desert...The editors Jill Forbes and Sarah Street and their contributors have written a text that helps to fill a yawning gap and offers an accessible, well-written and stimulating account for a wide range of readers.' - Steve Brewer, European Journal of Communication
From the Publisher
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Contents: Introduction
PART ONE
European Cinema: Economics and Politics
European Cinema: Ideology, Aesthetics and Style
References and Suggestions for Further Reading
PART TWO: CASE STUDIES
Bronenosets Potemkin/Potyomkin (The Battleship Potemkin); B.Beumers
The Lodger; S.Street
La Règle du jeu; J.Forbes
Ossessione; D.Duncan
Viridiana; A.McDermott
Alice in den Städten (Alice in the Cities); S.Taberner
Carmen; A.McDermott
Good Morning Babilonia; D.Duncan
Das Versprechen (The Promise); S.Taberner
La Haine; J.Forbes
Trainspotting; S.Street
Sibirskii tsiriul'nik (The Barber of Siberia); B.Beumers
Notes on Contributors
Index
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