Romanian new wave cinema : an introduction / Doru Pop.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pop, Doru.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

New wave films--Romania--History and criticism.

New wave films.

New wave films--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (247 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Modern Romanian filmmaking has received wide international recognition. In only a decade (2001 to 2011), a group of promising young filmmakers have been embraced as important members of European cinema. The country developed a new fervor for filmmaking and a dozen new movies have received international awards and recognition from some of the most important film critics in the world. This development, sometimes called ""New Wave cinema,"" is fully explored in this book. By using a comparative approach and searching for similarities among some of the most important cinematic styles and trends, t

Contents:

Table of Contents; Preface; 1. Make Way for the Romanian New Wave; 2. The Aesthetics of the New Wave Cinema; 3. Antiheroes: Stories of Marginality; 4. Cinematic Symptoms and Psychoanalytical Keys; 5. Semiological and Iconological Interpretations; 6. The Dark Humor of the Romanian Filmmakers; 7. Representing Women: Towards a New Cinema; 8. The Absent Spectator; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4766-1489-X