Hollywood North : the feature film industry in British Columbia / Mike Gasher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gasher, Mike, 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture industry--British Columbia--History.

Motion picture industry.

History.

British Columbia.

Physical Description:

viii, 176 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, [2002]

Summary:

This book describes British Columbia's rapid rise from film-world obscurity to its current status as "Hollywood North." Addressing the specific economic and geographic factors that have contributed to the province's success, Gasher illuminates the tension between globalization and localization in the film industry. Hollywood North will appeal to those interested in debates on Canadian national cinema, the notion of cinema as industry, and the highly nuanced relationship between cinema and place.

Contents:

1 Cinema in the Age of Globalization 3

2 Cinema As a Medium of Regional Industrial Development: A History of BC Film Production 24

3 The Terms of Inclusion: British Columbia within the Political Economy of North American Film Production 45

4 Promote It and They Will Come: Provincial Film Policy in British Columbia 68

5 Locating British Columbia As Cinematic Place: Contending Regimes of Film Production 105

6 Locating the BC Film Industry 135

Appendix Partial List of BC Feature Film Credits, 1976-2000 144.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

077480968X

0774809671

OCLC:

50111363