Global art cinema : new theories and histories / edited by Rosalind Galt and Karl Schoonover.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Galt, Rosalind.

Schoonover, Karl.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Aesthetics.

Motion pictures.

Independent filmmakers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (409 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

""Art cinema"" has for over fifty years defined how audiences and critics imagine film outside Hollywood, but surprisingly little scholarly attention has been paid to the concept since the 1970s. And yet in the last thirty years art cinema has flourished worldwide. The emergence of East Asian and Latin American new waves, the reinvigoration of European film, the success of Iranian directors, and the rise of the film festival have transformed the landscape of world cinema. This book brings into focus art cinema's core internationalism, demonstrating its centrality to understanding film as a glo

Contents:

FOREWORD; CONTENTS; COTRIBUTORS; INTRODUCTION: THE IMPURITY OF ART CINEMA; PART I. DELIMITING THE FIELD; PART II. THE ART CINEMA IMAGE; PART III. ART CINEMA HISTORIES; PART IV. GEOPOLITICAL INTERSECTIONS; CRITICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-972630-2

1-282-50115-1

9786612501159

0-19-972629-9

OCLC:

593240222