The Europeanness of European cinema : identity, meaning, globalization / edited by Mary Harrod, Mariana Liz, and Alissa Timoshkina.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Harrod, Mary, editor.

Liz, Mariana, editor.

Timoshkina, Alissa, editor.

Series:

International library of the moving image ; 25.

International library of the moving image ; 25

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Europe--History.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures and transnationalism.

Europe.

History.

Motion pictures and transnationalism--Europe.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 267 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : I.B. Tauris, 2015.

Summary:

This title identifies the distinctive character of European cinema, both in films and as a critical concept. Including in-depth analyses of production and reception contexts as well as original readings of key European films from leading experts in the field, it re-negotiates traditional categories such as auteurism, art cinema and national cinemas.

Contents:

Section 1. Defining Europe and its cinema

European cinema into the twenty-first century : enlarging the context? / Thomas Elsaesser

Popular European cinema in the 2000s : cinephilia, genre and heritage / Tim Bergfelder

Changing the image of Europe? The role of European co-productions, funds and film awards / Anne Jäckel

From European co-productions to the Euro-pudding / Mariana Liz

Christianity and European film / Catherine Wheatley

The feather collectors : erased identity and invisible representations of the Roma in Yugoslav cinema / Greg De Cuir Jr.

Section 2. Transnational Europe : genre, stardom and language

The trouble with stars : vernacular versus global stardom in two forms of European popular culture / Olof Hedling

Juliette Binoche : the perfect European star / Ginette Vincendeau

Franglais, anglais and contemporary French comedy / Mary Harrod

Laughing in tongues : polyglot comedy in Europe / Alison Smith

The use of English in European featue films : unity in diversity? / Laëtitia Kulyk

Section 3. Circulating Europeanness

Paris je t'aime (plus) : Europhobia as Europeanness in Luc Besson and Pierre Morel's dystopia trilogy / Neil Archer

Hollywood and Europe : remaking The girl with the dragon tattoo / Lucy Mazdon

Spanish heritage cinema / Sally Faulkner

From Russia to Europe and back : East meets West in the films of Pavel Lungin / Alissa Timoshkina.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-257) and index.

ISBN:

9781780769295

1780769296

178076930X

9781780769301

OCLC:

891658990

Publisher Number:

99980741320