European identity in cinema / edited by Wendy Everett.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Everett, Wendy E. (Wendy Ellen), 1945-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Europe.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Social aspects--Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (121 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK ; Portland, OR : Intellect, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The identity of European cinema, like the identity of Europe itself, is multiple, complex, and fascinating. Providing both a general survey of contemporary European cinema production, distribution and exhibition and detailed critical analysis of specific films, directors, and national cinemas, this volume offers a stimulating and thought-provoking contribution to current film debate. While the book's critical essays offer keen insight into the complex identities of European cinema, its combination of breadth and detail, and its interdisciplinary focus and background ensure its wider relevance

Contents:

Front Cover; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Preface: filmic fingerprints; Introduction: European film and the quest for identity; Re-framing the fingerprints: a short survey of European film; Louis Malle: a European outsider in the American mainstream; Les Visiteurs: a popular form of cinema for Europe?; Wenders' Paris, Texas and the 'European way of seeing'; Identity and the past in recent Russian cinema; The critique of reification: a subversive current within the cinema of contemporary Spain; Current problems in the study of European cinema and the role of questions on cultural identity

Film and Northern Ireland: beyond 'the troubles'?Peripheral visions: film-making in ScotIand; Timetravel and European film; Bibliography; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-119).

ISBN:

9786610477364

9781280477362

1280477369

9781841509242

1841509248

9781841509440

1841509442

OCLC:

191952553