World cinema : critical approaches / edited by John Hill and Pamela Church Gibson ; consultant editors: Richard Dyer, E. Ann Kaplan, Paul Willemen.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Hill, John (W. John)
• Gibson, Pamela Church.
• Dyer, Richard.
• Kaplan, E. Ann.
• Willemen, Paul.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Film criticism.
• Motion pictures.
• Motion picture industry.

Physical Description:

xv, 234 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.

Summary:

Ranging from pre-1930s Europe to contemporary "Bollywood" musicals, this extensive guide to international film covers areas as diverse as New German, Australian, Indian, and South American cinema. A team of international contributors explains the key arguments and debates involved in the study of world cinema and also provides an overview of the avant-garde, the documentary, and recent technological developments. Featuring illustrations throughout, further reading recommendations, and chapter summaries, World Cinema: Critical Approaches serves as an exceptional text for courses in film and media studies.

Contents:

• Redefining cinema: international and avant-garde alternatives 1
• 1 Concepts of national cinema / Stephen Crofts 1
• 2 Modernism and the avant-gardes / Murray Smith 11
• 3 Realism, modernism, and post-colonial theory / Ashish Rajadhyaksha 29
• Redefining cinema: other genres 42
• 4 The documentary / John Izod, Richard Kilborn 42
• 5 The animated film / Michael O'Pray 50
• European cinema 56
• 6 Issues in European cinema / Ginette Vincendeau 56
• Case-Studies: Movements, Moments, and Filmmakers 65
• 7 The avant-gardes and European cinema before 1930 / lan Christie 65
• 8 Italian post-war cinema and Neo-Realism / Simona Monticelli 71
• 9 The French Nouvelle Vague / Jill Forbes 77
• 10 New German Cinema / Ulrike Sieglohr 82
• 11 East Central European cinema / Daniel J. Goulding 87
• 12 European film policy and the response to Hollywood / Armand Mattelart 94
• 13 Directors and stars 102
• (a) Jean Renoir / Keith Reader 102
• (b) Ingmar Bergman / Chris Darke 104
• (c) Chantal Akerman / Cathy Fowler 105
• (d) Pedro Almodovar / Jose Arroyo 107
• (e) Luc Besson / Susan Hayward 110
• (f) Brigitte Bardot / Ginette Vincendeau 112
• Anglophone national cinemas 117
• 14 British cinema / Andrew Higson 117
• 15 Ireland and cinema / Martin McLoone 126
• 16 Australian cinema / Elizabeth Jacka 132
• 17 Canadian cinema / Will Straw 139
• World cinema 143
• 18 Issues in world cinema / Wimal Dissanayake 143
• Case-Studies: Cinemas of the World 151
• 19 Indian cinema / Ashish Rajadhyaksha 151
• Reading: Popular Hindi cinema / Rosie Thomas 157
• 20 Chinese cinema / Berenice Reynaud 159
• 21 Hong Kong cinema
• (a) Discovery and pre-discovery / Stephen Teo 166
• (b) China and 1997 / N. K. Leung 170
• 22 Talwanese New Cinema / Kuan-Hsing Chen 173
• 23 Japanese cinema / Freda Freiberg 178
• 24 African cinema / N. Frank Ukadike 185
• Reading: Hyenas / Richard Porton 192
• 25 South American cinema / Julianne Burton-Carvajal 194
• Redefining cinema: film in a changing age 211
• 26 Film and changing technologies / Laura Kipnis 211
• 27 Film and television / John Hill 221.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0198742827

OCLC:

42835327