Portugal's global cinema : industry, history and culture / edited by Mariana Liz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Liz, Mariana, editor.

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Series:

Tauris world cinema series.

Tauris world cinema series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures, Portuguese--History.

Motion pictures, Portuguese.

Motion picture industry--Portugal--History.

Motion picture industry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

London, England : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.

Place of Publication:

London, England : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 2017.

Summary:

Portuguese cinema has become increasingly prominent on the international film festival circuit and yet can still be described as a 'small nation cinema'. From box-office hit 'La Cage Doré' to the prestige of directors Manúel de Oliveira, Pedro Costa and Miguel Gomes, aspects of Portuguese national cinema are widely visible although the output is comparatively small compared to European players like the UK, Germany and France. Considering this strange discrepancy begs the question: how can Portuguese cinema be characterised and thought about in a global context? Accumulating expertise from an international group of scholars, this book investigates the shifting significance of the nation, Europe and the globe for the way in which Portuguese film is managed on the international stage.

Contents:

Introduction: Framing the Global Appeal of Contemporary Portuguese Cinema / Mariana Liz

1. Filming Narratives Becoming Events: Documentary and the 'Emplotments' of the Carnation Revolution / Luis̕ Trindade

2. Our Beloved Month of August: Between the Filming of the Real and the Reality of Filming / Rui Gonȧlves Miranda

3. Political Oliveira / Randal Johnson

4. Portugal, Europe and the World: Geopolitics and the Human Condition in Manoel de Oliveira's Films / Carolin Overhoff Ferreira

5. Aml̀ia: Stories of a Singer and Tales of a National Cinema / Anthony de Melo

6. La Cage dorě: a Franco-Portuguese Comedy of Integration / Ginette Vincendeau

7. Portugal and Europe: Cinema and the City in a Postcolonial Context / Mariana Liz

8. Contextualizing Pedro Costa's Digital Filmmaking / Nuno Barradas Jorge

9. Broken Links: The Cinema of Teresa Villaverde / Cristina Álvarez López and Adrian Martin

10. Mysteries of Ral︢ Ruiz's Portugal: Territory, Littoral and Memory Bridge / Michael Goddard

11. White Faces

Black Masks: The White Woman's Burden in Pedro Costa's Down to Earth / Hilary Owen

12. Light Drops: Portugal Critically Reviewing the Colonial Past? / Paul Melo e Castro

13. Colonialism as Fantastic Realism in Tabu / Lúcia Nagib

14. Luso-Brazilian Co-Productions: Rescue and Expansion / Natl̀ia Pinazza.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-276) and index.

ISBN:

9781350987586

1350987581

9781786732750

1786732750

9781786722751

1786722755

OCLC:

1139315370