| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 254 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction: Fantasy Scotlands -- 1. Comedy: Global/local identities. Gregory's Two Girls (1999), Festival (2005) -- 2. Road movie: Scotland in the world. Soft Top, Hard Shoulder (1993), Carla's Song (1996), Tickets (2005) -- 3. Bollywood: Non-resident Indian-Scotland. Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000), Pyaar Ishq aur Mohabbat (2001), Nina's Heavenly Delights (2006) -- 4. (Loch Ness) Monster movie: A return to primal Scotland. The Secret of the Loch (1934), Loch Ness (1996), The Water Horse (2007) -- 5. Horror film: History Hydes in the Highlands. Dog Soldiers (2002), Wild Country (2005) -- 6. Costume drama: From men in kilts to developing diasporas. The Governess (1998) -- 7. Gangster film: Glasgow's transnational identities. American Cousins (2003), Danny the Dog (2005) -- Female friendship/ US Indie: Women talking. Women Talking Dirty (1999), Beautiful Creatures (2000) -- 10. Art Cinema: the Global limits of cinematic Scotland. Red Road (2006), Young Adam (2003) -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
What is your favourite fantasy Scotland? Perhaps you enjoyed Whisky Galore! or Brigadoon, or maybe The Wicker Man is to your taste, Local Hero or Highlander? Yet have you also considered Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Rob Roy, Dog Soldiers, Danny the Dog, Festival, The Water Horse, Carla's Song, Trainspotting and Red Road? Scotland: Global Cinema is the first book to focus exclusively on the unprecedented explosion of filmmaking in Scotland in the 1990s and 2000s. It explores the various cinematic fantasies of Scotland created by contemporary filmmakers from all over the world - including Scotland, England, France, the United States and India - who braved the weather to shoot in Scotland. Significantly broadening the scope of previous debates, Scotland: Global Cinema provides analysis of ten different genres and modes prevalent in the 1990s/2000s: the comedy, road movie, Bollywood extravaganza, (Loch Ness) monster movie, horror film, costume drama, gangster flick, social realist melodrama, female friendship/US indie movie, and art cinema. These various chapters suggest a wealth of different histories of cinema in Scotland, and uncover the numerous identities - national, transnational, diasporic, global/local, gendered, sexual, religious - created by these approaches. Cinema in Scotland is situated in a global context through analysis of the intersection of transversal flows of filmmaking, tourism, trade and transnational fantasy typical of globalization, as they meet and mingle against the world famous cinematic landscapes of Scotland |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-243) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Motion pictures -- Scotland -- History
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Motion picture industry -- Scotland -- History
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Reference.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- History & Criticism.
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Motion picture industry
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Motion pictures
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Film
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Scotland
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Schottland
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Electronic books
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History
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2009529337 |
| ISBN |
9780748633937 |
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0748633936 |
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9780748686544 |
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0748686541 |
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9780748651207 |
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0748651209 |
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