Danish Directors (Paperback)

Mette Hjort

ISBN 10: 1841508411 / ISBN 13: 9781841508412

Published by Intellect, Bristol, 2003

About this Item

Paperback. Profiling the canonized figures alongside recently-established filmmakers, this collection features interviews with Lars von Trier, Sooren Kragh-Jacobsen, Thomas Vinterberg and Henning Carlsen among many others. It poses questions that engage with ongoing and controversial issues within film studies, which will stimulate debate in academic and filmgoing circles alike. Each interview is preceded by a photograph of the director, biographical information, and a filmography. Frame enlargements are used throughout to help clarify particular points of discussion and the book as a whole is contextualised by an informative general introduction. A valuable addition to the growing library of books on Scandinavian film, national cinema and minority cinema. In response to the resurgence of Danish film, this book presents a collection of in-depth interviews with 19 of Denmark's finest film-makers. Featuring interviews with Lars Von Trier, Soren Kragh-Jacobsen, Thomas Vinterberg and Gabriel Axel among many others. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Danish Directors (Paperback)
• Publisher: Intellect, Bristol
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1841508411
• ISBN 13: 9781841508412
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Profiling the canonized figures alongside recently-established filmmakers, this collection features interviews with Lars von Trier, Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, Thomas Vinterberg and Henning Carlsen among many others. It poses questions that engage with ongoing and controversial issues within film studies, which will stimulate debate in academic and filmgoing circles alike.

Each interview is preceded by a photograph of the director, biographical information, and a filmography. Frame enlargements are used throughout to help clarify particular points of discussion and the book as a whole is contextualised by an informative general introduction. A valuable addition to the growing library of books on Scandinavian film, national cinema and minority cinema.

About the Authors

Ib Bondebjerg is professor of film and media studies and director of the Centre for Modern European Studies at the University of Copenhagen. He is the editor of the  journal Northern Lights: Film and Media Studies Yearbook.

Mette Hjort is professor of visual studies at Lingnan University in Hong Kong and affiliate professor of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Washington, Seattle.