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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791096603321

Autore

Rockett Kevin

Titolo

Cinema and Ireland / / Kevin Rockett, Luke Gibbons, and John Hill

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014

ISBN

1-138-97073-5

1-315-85573-9

1-317-92857-1

1-317-92858-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (519 p.)

Collana

Routledge Library Editions: Cinema ; ; Volume 25

Altri autori (Persone)

GibbonsLuke

HillJohn (W. John)

Disciplina

791.43/09415

Soggetti

Motion pictures - Ireland - History

Ireland In motion pictures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published in 1987"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Part One: History, Politics and Irish Cinema; 1 The Silent Period; Early exhibition; Kalem; Ireland a Nation; Film Company of Ireland; General Film Supply; Irish Free State, 1922-30; 2 1930s Fictions; 3 Documentaries; Ethnicity and landscape; Fianna Fáil and political documentary; Post-war modernisation and government films; Versions of historical revision; 4 An Irish Film Studio; Early proposals; Ardmore Studios; Ardmore Studios and the Abbey Theatre

Ardmore and international productionsIrish Film Board; 5 Breakthroughs; Conclusion; Part Two: Representations of Ireland; 6 Images of Violence; Introduction; Odd Man Out: 'We're all dying'; The Gentle Gunman: 'Put away your guns'; Shake Hands With the Devil and A Terrible Beauty: 'It's just killing'; The Violent Enemy: 'The violence is deep'; Hennessy and The Long Good Friday: 'Mad Micks' and Englishmen; Angel: 'We know where the madness is'; Cal: 'What a fucking country'; Conclusion; 7 Romanticism, Realism and Irish Cinema; Language, nature and Irish romanticism

Landscape and character in Irish romantic melodramaRomanticism and



Irish cinema; Character, community and Irish cinema; New departures: Irish cinema in the 1980s; Postscript; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This was the first comprehensive study of film production in Ireland from the silent period to the present day, and of representations of Ireland and 'Irishness' in native, British, and American films. It remains an authority on the topic. The book focuses on Irish history and politics to examine the context and significance of such films as Irish Destiny, The Quiet Man, Ryan's Daughter, Man of Aran, Cal, The Courier, and The Dead.