Film in Canada / Jim Leach.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leach, Jim.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Canada--History.

Motion pictures.

Motion picture producers and directors.

Canada.

History.

Motion picture producers and directors--Canada.

Physical Description:

196 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Don Mills, Ont. : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Summary:

Film in Canada presents a comprehensive discussion of Canadian cinema in its political and cultural contexts. It purposefully leaves open the question of whether Canada has one national cinema or two (English-Canadian and Quebecois) since this will allow for greater flexibility in how the text is used in the classroom. The chapters are organized around specific topics, exploring both historical trends and contemporary examples; they can be used in sequence or independently. The films discussed are important and representative Canadian works. A filmography is included at the end of the book, along with distribution information for films discussed in the text. Film in Canada is suitable for use in Canadian film courses (both in Film Studies and Canadian Studies programs), while also being accessible to general readers with an interest in Canadian culture.

Contents:

Introduction: Not Just Another National Cinema 1

1 Realism and Its Discontents 11

2 1964 Revisited: The Sense of a Beginning 24

3 Traces: Space, Place, and Identity 36

4 Are Genres American? 49

5 In Search of the National-Popular: Carle and Cronenberg 62

6 The Canadian Fantastic 75

7 Shifting Centres and Margins 87

8 Engendering the Nation 100

9 Two Canadian Auteurs: Arcand and Egoyan 112

10 Possible Worlds: Diasporic Cinema in Canada 124

11 Stupid Films and Smart Films: Canadian Cinema Today 136

12 The Real and the Imaginary: Canadian Film in the Postmodern Condition 148.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0195419510

OCLC:

62181363

Publisher Number:

9780195419511