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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784452903321

Autore

Badley Linda

Titolo

Traditions in world cinema [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Linda Badley, R. Barton Palmer, and Steven Jay Schneider

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, 2005

ISBN

0-8135-3874-2

1-280-64313-7

9786610643134

0-7486-2626-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxi, 266 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Traditions in World Cinema : TWC

Disciplina

791.4309

791.4375

Soggetti

Motion pictures

Foreign films

Film

Music, Dance, Drama & Film

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Notes On Contributors; Introduction; 1. German Expressionism; 2. Italian Neorealism; 3. The French New Wave; 4. The British New Wave; 5. The Czechoslovak New Wave; 6. Danish Dogma; 7. Post-communist Cinema; 8. Post-cinema Novo Brazilian Cinema; 9. New Argentine Cinema; 10. Early Cinematic Traditions In Africa; 11. Israeli Persecution Films; 12. New Iranian Cinema; 13. Popular Hindi Cinema And The Film Song; 14. Chinese Melodrama; 15. Japanese Horror Cinema; 16. The 'new' American Cinema; 17. The Global Art Of Found Footage Cinema; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

The core volume in the Traditions in World Cinema series, this book brings together a colourful and wide-ranging collection of world cinematic traditions - national, regional and global - all of which are in need of introduction, investigation and, in some cases, critical reassessment. Topics include: German expressionism, Italian neorealism, French New Wave, British new wave, Czech new wave,



Danish Dogma, post-Communist cinema, Brazilian post-Cinema Novo, new Argentine cinema, pre-revolutionary African traditions, Israeli persecution films, new Iranian cinema, Hindi film songs, and so on.