Film in Canada

by Leach, Jim

• ISBN13: 9780195419511
• ISBN10: 0195419510
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-04-27
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

"Film in Canada offers a comprehensive examination of Canadian cinema in its political and cultural contexts. While highlighting the films and filmmakers that have defined the national industry since the 1960s, this book also looks at many of the factors that have influenced Canadian filmmaking, including Canada's ethnic and linguistic diversity, the country's national identity, and the emergence of a global media marketplace. Each chapter explores both historical trends and contemporary examples of a specific topic, allowing the chapters to be used in sequence or independently. With careful annotations, a detailed filmography and bibliography, and a ten-page insert of film stills, this book is ideal for students of Canadian film or of Canadian arts and culture generally."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vi
Introduction: Not Just Another National Cinema	1	(123)
1 Realism and Its Discontents	11	(13)
2 1964 Revisited: The Sense of a Beginning	24	(12)
3 Traces: Space, Place, and Identity	36	(13)
4 Are Genres American?	49	(13)
5 In Search of the National-Popular: Carle and Cronenberg	62	(13)
6 The Canadian Fantastic	75	(12)
7 Shifting Centres and Margins	87	(13)
8 Engendering the Nation	100	(12)
9 Two Canadian Auteurs: Arcand and Egoyan	112	(12)
10 Possible Worlds: Diasporic Cinema in Canada	124	(12)
11 Stupid Films and Smart Films: Canadian Cinema Today	136	(12)
12 The Real and the Imaginary: Canadian Film in the Postmodern Condition	148	(13)
Notes	161	(7)
Bibliography	168	(14)
Filmography	182	(8)
Index	190