Huw D. Jones, "Transnational European Cinema: Representation, Audiences, Identity "
English | ISBN: 3031445945 | 2024 | 288 pages | EPUB, PDF | 2 MB + 7 MB
English | ISBN: 3031445945 | 2024 | 288 pages | EPUB, PDF | 2 MB + 7 MB
This book explores how audiences in contemporary Europe engage with films from other European countries. It draws on admissions data, surveys, and focus group discussions from across the continent to explain why viewers are attracted to particular European films, nationalities, and genres, including action-adventures, family films, animations, biopics, period dramas, thrillers, comedies, contemporary drama, and romance. It also examines how these films are financed, produced, and distributed, how they represent Europe and other Europeans, and how they affect audiences. Case-studies range from mainstream movies like Skyfall, Taken, Asterix & Obelix: God Save Britannia, and Sammy’s Adventures: A Turtle’s Tale to more middlebrow and arthouse titles, such as The Lives of Others, Volver, Coco Before Chanel, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
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