Canadian Cinema Since the 1980s : At the Heart of the World / David L. Pike.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pike, David L., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Canada--History and criticism.

Motion pictures.

Motion picture producers and directors--Canada.

Motion picture producers and directors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (386 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Award-winning author David L. Pike offers a unique focus on the crucial quarter-century in Canadian filmmaking when the industry became a viable force on the international stage. Pike provides a lively, personal, and accessible history of the most influential filmmakers and movements of both Anglo-Canadian and Quebecois cinema, from popular movies to art film and everything in between.Along with in-depth studies of key directors, including David Cronenberg, Patricia Rozema and Denys Arcand, Jean-Claude Lauzon, Robert Lepage, Léa Pool, Atom Egoyan, and Guy Maddin, Canadian Cinema since the 1980s reflects on major themes and genres and explores the regional and cultural diversity of the period. Pike positions Canadian filmmaking at the frontlines of a profound cinematic transformation in the age of global media and presents fresh perspectives on both its local and international contexts. Making a significant advance in the study of the film industry of the period, Canadian Cinema since the 1980s is also an ideal text for students, researchers, and Canadian film enthusiasts.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Preface

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction: What Is Canadian Cinema and What Happened to It at the End of the Twentieth Century?

1. Canadian Cinema 1896-1986: Invisibility and Difference

2. The Anxiety of Influence: David Cronenberg and the Canadian Imagination

3. Time Capsules: The Eighties Worlds of Denys Arcand and Patricia Rozema

4. Crossover Icons: The Faces of Canadian Cinema

5. Quebecois Auteurs: The New Internationalism of Jean-Claude Lauzon, Léa Pool, and Robert Lepage

6. Cronenberg's Mutant Progeny: Genre Film-making around the Turn of the Millennium

7. The Death of the Author? The Case of Atom Egoyan

8. The Canadian Mosaic: Margins and Ethnicities

9. Film-Making at the Heart of the World: Guy Maddin

Conclusion

Notes

Works Cited

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Nov 2018)

ISBN:

1-4426-9832-2

1-4426-9831-4

OCLC:

830009257