European Cinema An Introduction

by Forbes, Jill; Street, Sarah

• ISBN13: 9780333752104
• ISBN10: 0333752104
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-06
• Publisher: Red Globe Pr

Summary

This book is a highly original introduction to the study of European cinema. Following a wide-ranging first part which asks whether European cinema exists and, if so, what its aesthetic, political, and economic characteristics might be, the book offers a series of fascinating and informative case studies of films from the major European film-producing countries including Britain and Russia.

Author Biography

Jill Forbes is Professor of French, University of Strathclyde.

Sarah Street is Senior Lecturer in Film and Television Studies, University of Bristol.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	vii
Acknowledgements	viii
Introduction	ix
PART I EUROPEAN CINEMA: AN OVERVIEW	1	(206)
Jill Forbes
Sarah Street
Economics and Politics	3	(23)
The First World War and After	3	(3)
The `Silent Salesman'	6	(2)
Pan European Cooperation	8	(2)
Technology and the Birth of the `Culture Industries'	10	(1)
Censorship and propaganda	11	(6)
Protectionism and Subsidy	17	(4)
Modernisation and `New Cinema'	21	(1)
Cinema and Television	22	(2)
Cinema and the European Union	24	(2)
Ideology, Aesthetics and Style	26	(181)
The Rise of National Cinema	26	(3)
Sound and Style	29	(5)
The European Film Studios	34	(2)
Hollywood, For and Against: Art Cinema and Popular Cinema	36	(4)
Cinema and the National Question	40	(2)
Popular European Cinema: Genres and Stars	42	(11)
References and Suggestions for Further Reading for Part 1	48	(5)
PART II CASE STUDIES
Bronenosets Potemkin (The Battleship Potemkin)	53	(14)
Birgit Beumers
The Lodger	67	(14)
Sarah Street
La regle du jeu	81	(14)
Jill Forbes
Ossessione	95	(14)
Derek Duncan
Viridiana	109	(12)
Annella McDermott
Alice in den Stadten (Alice in the Cites)	121	(12)
Stuart Taberner
Carmen	133	(12)
Annella McDermott
Good Morning Babilonia	145	(12)
Derek Duncan
Das Versprechen (The Promise)	157	(14)
Stuart Taberner
La haine	171	(12)
Jill Forbes
Trainspotting	183	(12)
Sarah Street
Sibirskii tsiriul'nik (The Barber of Siberia)	195	(12)
Birgit Beumers
Notes on the Contributors	207	(1)
Index of Film Titles	208	(4)
General Index	212