Touring the screen : tourism and New Zealand film geographies / Alfio Leotta.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leotta, Alfio.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tourism and motion pictures.

Travelogues (Motion pictures)--New Zealand--History and criticism.

Travelogues (Motion pictures).

Tourism--Social aspects--New Zealand.

Tourism.

Motion picture industry--New Zealand--History--20th century.

Motion picture industry.

New Zealand--In motion pictures.

New Zealand.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (246 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol, U.K. ; Chicago : Intellect, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Following the success of prominent feature films shot on location, including Tolkien's wildly popular The Lord of the Rings, New Zealand boasts an impressive film tourism industry. This book examines the relationship between New Zealand's cinematic representation - as both a vast expanse of natural beauty and a magical world of fantasy on screen - and its tourism imagery, including the ways in which savvy local tourism boards have in recent decades used the country's film representations to sell New Zealand as a premiere travel destination. Focusing on the films that have had a strong impact o

Contents:

Early New Zealand films and western voy(ag)eurs

1940-1990 : New Zealand film landscapes for prospective 'cinenauts'

The legacy of The piano : film-tourist geographies and the aesthetic of the sublime

From Ngati to Whale rider : the filmic journey of the indigenous traveller

From Mt. Fuji to Mt. Taranaki : D'paysement and celebrity worship in The last samurai

'Welcome to New Zealand, home of middle earth' : heterotopian impulse, western anxiety and spatial identity in The lord of the rings

Conclusions.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Includes filmography.

ISBN:

9786613265104

9781283265102

1283265109

9781841505848

1841505846

OCLC:

759806970