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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456817003321

Titolo

Scottish cinema now [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Jonathan Murray, Fidelma Farley and Rod Stoneman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars, 2009

ISBN

1-282-18991-3

9786612189913

1-4438-0413-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (260 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MurrayJonathan <1973->

FarleyFidelma

StonemanRod

Disciplina

791.4309411

Soggetti

Motion pictures - Scotland

Motion picture industry - Scotland

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Include bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; EDITORS' INTRODUCTION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; DEMONS IN THE MACHINE; REEL 2 REAL CACOPHONY; SCOTCH MYTHS, SCOTTISH FILM CULTURE AND THE SUPPRESSION OF LUDIC MODERNISM; NOSTOPHOBIA; THEY KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING; 'BONNIE SCOTLAND, EH?'; SCOTLAND'S OTHER KINGDOMS; ADMITTING THE KAILYARD; NEW SCOTTISH CINEMA AS TRANS-NATIONAL CINEMA; SCREENING SCOTLAND; NOT MADE IN SCOTLAND; CHASING CROSSOVER; WHAT'S THE POINT OF FILM SCHOOL, OR, WHAT DID BEACONS FIELD STUDIOS EVER DO FOR THE SCOTTISH FILM INDUSTRY?; SHAPE-SHIFTERS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS

Sommario/riassunto

Cinema from Scotland has attained an unprecedented international profile in the decade or so since Shallow Grave (1995) and Trainspotting (1996) impinged on the consciousness of audiences and critics around the world. Scottish Cinema Now is the first collection of essays to examine in depth the new films and filmmakers that have emerged from Scotland over the last ten years. With contributions from both established names and new voices in British Cinema Studies, the



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