Alternative Empires

by Stollery, Martin

• ISBN13: 9780859896047
• ISBN10: 0859896048
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-04-01
• Publisher: Univ of Exeter Pr

Summary

This is the first book to study representations of the non-Western world in European modernist cinema. In offering new perspectives on the history of Soviet montage cinema and on the British documentary movement, it connects with the growing body of work analysing manifestations of orientalism, Eurocentrism and colonial discourse in the cinema. The book integrates theoretical discussion and textual analysis with primary source historical research, particularly into film reception. The case studies question received understandings of European film history, and offer new insights into canonical films already familiar to many readers. It is the first book length study of the subject and includes new insights into Fritz Lang's Metropolis, Eisenstein's October and the Griersonian Documentary as well as 'forgotten' films of the period. It is a useful teaching aid, with detailed analyses of films taught on most film studies courses

Author Biography

Martin Stollery is Senior Lecturer in Film Studies, Faculty of Media, Arts and Society at Southampton Institute. His other books include York Film Notes: Lawrence of Arabia (York Press, 2000) and Youssef Chahine's L'Émigré (Flicks Books, 2000). He is co-author with Roy Perkins of The British Film Editor (BFI).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vi
Introduction	1	(6)
New Directions in European Cinema Studies	7	(9)
European Modernist Cinemas and Eurocentric Modernity	16	(20)
The European Cinematic Metropolis and its Others	36	(23)
Montage, Modernity and Ethnicity	59	(41)
Kino-eye's Global Vision	100	(40)
The British Documentary Film Movement's Enlightened Imperialism	140	(32)
Receptions of Empire in 1930s British Film Culture	172	(31)
Contemporary Legacies	203	(11)
Notes	214	(33)
Bibliography	247	(13)
Index	260