Popular Cinemas of Europe
Subtitle: Studies of Texts, Contexts and Frameworks
Edition: 2nd edition
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group
Published: February 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780826455925
Subjects: Film theory & criticism; Performing Arts; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Performing Arts/Dance; Europe; Film & Video - History & Criticism; Motion pictures
Description: This book challenges the established conceptual and historical paradigm in Anglo-American film studies that perceives European cinema as essentially 'high art.' Through a study of the specific contexts in which popular European films are produced, distributed and exhibited, the book proposes new analytical and critical frameworks for their study. Films analyzed in the book include Cinema Paradiso, Mediterraneo, Bhaji on the Beach, Until the End of the World, Underground, and Jam=n Jam=n