World Cinema Critical Approaches

by Hill, John; Gibson, Pamela Church; Dyer, Richard; Kaplan, E. Ann; Willemen, Paul

• ISBN13: 9780198742821
• ISBN10: 0198742827
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-02-17
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Ranging from pre-1930s Europe to contemporary "Bollywood" musicals, this extensive guide to international film covers areas as diverse as New German, Australian, Indian, and South American cinema. A team of international contributors explains the key arguments and debates involved in the study of world cinema and also provides an overview of the avant-garde, the documentary, and recent technological developments. Featuring illustrations throughout, further reading recommendations, and chapter summaries, World Cinema: Critical Approaches serves as an exceptional text for courses in film and media studies.

Author Biography

John Hill is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Media and Performance Studies at the University of Ulster at Coleraine
Pamela Church Gibson is a Senior Lecturer in Contextual and Cultural Studies at the London College of Fashion, a constituent college of the London Institute
CONSULTANT EDITORS
Richard Dyer is Professor of Film Studies at the University of Warwick
E. Ann Kaplan teaches in the Department of English at the Humanities Institute at Stony Brook, New York
Paul Willemen is Professor, Department of Media Studies, Napier University, Edinburgh

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	p. ix
List of Illustrations	p. xii
General Introduction	p. xiv
Redefining cinema: international and avant-garde alternatives	p. 1
Concepts of national cinema	p. 1
Modernism and the avant-gardes	p. 11
Realism, modernism, and post-colonial theory	p. 29
Redefining cinema: other genres	p. 42
The documentary	p. 42
The animated film	p. 50
European cinema	p. 56
Issues in European cinema	p. 56
Case-Studies: Movements, Moments, and Filmmakers	p. 65
The avant-gardes and European cinema before 1930	p. 65
Italian post-war cinema and Neo-Realism	p. 71
The French Nouvelle Vague	p. 77
New German Cinema	p. 82
East Central European cinema	p. 87
European film policy and the response to Hollywood	p. 94
Directors and stars	p. 102
Jean Renoir	p. 102
Ingmar Bergman	p. 104
Chantal Akerman	p. 105
Pedro Almodovar	p. 107
Luc Besson	p. 110
Brigitte Bardot	p. 112
Anglophone national cinemas	p. 117
Case-Studies	p. 117
British cinema	p. 117
Ireland and cinema	p. 126
Australian cinema	p. 132
Canadian cinema	p. 139
World cinema	p. 143
Issues in world cinema	p. 143
Case-Studies: Cinemas of the World	p. 151
Indian cinema	p. 151
Reading: Popular Hindi cinema	p. 157
Chinese cinema	p. 159
Hong Kong cinema
Discovery and pre-discovery	p. 166
China and 1997	p. 170
Talwanese New Cinema	p. 173
Japanese cinema	p. 178
African cinema	p. 185
Reading: Hyenas	p. 192
South American cinema	p. 194
Redefining cinema: film in a changing age	p. 211
Film and changing technologies	p. 211
Film and television	p. 221
List of Picture Sources and Readings	p. 228
Index of Selected Names and Film Titles	p. 229
Table of Contents provided by Syndetics. All Rights Reserved.