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1 online resource |
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Traditions in world cinema |
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Traditions in world cinema.
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| Contents |
NORDIC GENRE FILM ; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; TRADITIONS IN WORLD CINEMA; Introduction: Nordic Genre Film and Institutional History; 1. Sibelius and the Re-emergence of the Great Man Biopic; 2. Whose Repressed Memories? Max Manus: Man of War and Flame & Citron (from a Swede's Point of View); 3. Voices from the Past -- Recent Nordic Historical Films; 4. Crime Up North: The Case of Norway, Finland and Iceland ; 5. The Thrill of the Nordic Kill: The Manhunt Movie in the Nordic Thriller; 6. Bridges and Tunnels: Negotiating the National in Transnational Television Drama |
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7. Stockholm Noir: Neoliberalism and Gangsterism in Easy Money8. The Private Life of the Prime Minister? Politics, Drama and Documentary in Pääministeri and Palme; 9. Fathers and Sons Reunited: Road Movies as Stories of Generational Continuity ; 10. The Nordic 'Quirky Feel-Good'; 11. Contesting Marriage: The Finnish Unromantic Comedy; 12. Powered by Music: Contemporary Film Musicals, Nordic Style; 13. Slasher in the Snow: The Rise of the Low-Budget Nordic Horror Film; 14. Nordic Vampires: Stories of Social Exclusion in Nordic Welfare States |
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15. A National / Transnational Genre: Pornography in Transition16. Going Hollywood: Nordic Directors in American Cinema; 17. A Culture of Reciprocity: The Politics of Cultural Exchange in Contemporary Nordic Genre Film; INDEX |
| Summary |
A comparative approach to contemporary popular Nordic genre film Nordic Genre Film offers a transnational approach to studying contemporary genre production in Nordic cinema. It discusses a range of internationally renowned examples, from Nordic noir such as the television show The Bridge and films like Insomnia (1997) to high concept 'video generation' productions such as Iron Sky (2012). Yet, genre, at least in this context, indicates both a complex strategy for domestic and international competition as well as an analytical means to identify the Nordic film cultures' relationships to international trends. Conceptualizing Nordic genre film as an industrial and cultural phenomenon, other contributions focus on road movies, the horror film, autobiographical films, the quirky comedy, musicals, historical epics and pornography. These are contextualized by discussion of their place in their respective national film and media histories as well as their influence on other Nordic countries and beyond. By highlighting similarities and differences between the countries, as well as the often diverse production modes of each country, as well as the connections that have historically existed, the book works at the intersections of film and cultural studies and combines industrial perspectives and in depth discussion of specific films, while also offering historical perspectives on each genre as it comes to production, distribution and reception of popular contemporary genre film |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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English |
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Film genres -- Scandinavia
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Film genres -- History and criticism
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Film noir -- History and criticism
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Motion pictures -- Scandinavia -- History
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Reference.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference.
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Film genres
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Film noir
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Motion pictures
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Scandinavia
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Electronic books
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History
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Gustafsson, Tommy, 1969- editor.
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Kääpä, Pietari, 1977- editor.
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| ISBN |
9780748693191 |
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074869319X |
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9780748693207 |
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0748693203 |
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1474431143 |
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9781474431149 |
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