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Postcommunist film : Russia, Eastern Europe and world culture : moving images of postcommunism / edited by Lars Lyngsgaard Fjord Kristensen.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe series.
- Routledge contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion pictures--Social aspects--Russia (Federation).
- Motion pictures.
- Motion pictures--Political aspects--Russia (Federation).
- Motion pictures--Social aspects--Europe, Eastern.
- Motion pictures--Political aspects--Europe, Eastern.
- Post-communism--Social aspects--Russia (Federation).
- Post-communism.
- Post-communism--Social aspects--Europe, Eastern.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (217 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A post-communist condition has arisen from the fall of the Berlin Wall and later the Soviet Empire: this book looks at how this condition has manifested itself globally in the production of post-communist film. It argues post-communism is a shared experience on a geopolitical level, unlimited by national state borders, and examines post-communist cross culturalism and global totalitarianism within film.The book examines different national cinemas and dissimilar cinematic modes - from Russian blockbuster cinema to Chinese independent cinema; from Serbian city films to revolutio
- Contents:
- Front Cover; Postcommunist Film - Russia, Eastern Europe and World Culture; Copyright Page; Contents; Figures; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Notes on contributors; Introduction: Lars Kristensen; Part l: Cultural strategies, industry and reception; 1. National identity in post-9/11 transnational cinema: Jasmijn Van Gorp; 2. Baltic cinema: Zoe Aiano; 3. Belgrade as New York: Vlastimir Sudar; 4. 'Haven't you heard of internationalism?': Ros Gray; 5. The remains of socialist realism: Lars Kristensen; 6. Spotting the eagle on Anglophone turf: Bruce Williams; Part ll: People, place and nation
- 7. Demolish, preserve or beautify: Ewa Mazierska8. Treading new paths: Sune Bechmann Pedersen; 9. The crime that changed Serbia: Nevena Daković; 10. Projected nation and projected self: Yun-Hua Chen; 11. Truancy, or thought from the provinces: Yün Peng; 12. Representations of former USSR and Eastern European identity in Turkish cinema: Serazer Pekerman; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-47555-9
- 1-136-47556-7
- 0-203-13115-0
- 9780203131152
- OCLC:
- 798532573
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