| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 330 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series |
International library of the moving image ; 58
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International library of the moving image ; 58.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Author Biography; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Positioning Art Cinema; 1 Situating the Art Cinema Field of Cultural Production and Consumption; 2 Art Film and American Indie Cinema: Points of Distinction and Overlap; 3 The Hard-Core Art Film and Heavyweight Modality; 4 Celebrating 'Slow' Cinema; 5 Positioning The Turin Horse and Hidden; 6 Serious Restrained Drama and Realism; 7 Art Cinema and Genre: Uses and Departures; 8 Art Cinema and Exploitation; Conclusion; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
"Art cinema occupies a space in the film landscape that is accorded a particular kind of value. From films that claim the status of harsh realism to others which embody aspects of the tradition of modernism or the poetic, art cinema encompasses a variety of work from across the globe. But how is art cinema positioned in the film marketplace, or by critics and in academic analysis? Exactly what kinds of cultural value are attributed to films of this type and how can this be explained? This book offers a unique analysis of how such processes work, including the broader cultural basis of the appeal of art cinema to particular audiences. Geoff King argues that there is no single definition of art cinema, but a number of distinct and recurrent tendencies are identified. At one end of the spectrum are films accorded the most 'heavyweight' status, offering the greatest challenges to viewers. Others mix aspects of art cinema with more accessible dimensions such as uses of popular genre frameworks and 'exploitation' elements involving explicit sex and violence. Including case studies of key figures such as Michael Haneke, Pedro Almodóvar and Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, this is a crucial contribution to understanding both art cinema itself and the discourses through which its value is established."--Bloomsbury Publishing. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- Aesthetics.
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Motion picture audiences.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference. |
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Motion picture audiences |
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Motion pictures -- Aesthetics |
| Other Form: |
Print version: King, Geoff. Positioning Art Cinema : Film and Cultural Value. London : I.B. Tauris & Company, Limited, ©2019 |
| ISBN |
9781786725561 (electronic bk.) |
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1786725568 (electronic bk.) |
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9781788318945 (online) |
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1788318943 |
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9781786735560 (pdf) |
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1786735563 |
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1788310187 |
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9781788310185 |
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