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1 online resource |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"Atlantic Canada has a rich tradition of storytelling and creativity that has extended to critical and audience praise for films from the region's four provinces. Until now there has been no comprehensive history of this diverse body of work. In Shooting from the East Darrell Varga traces the emergence of art cinema in the 1970s and '80s and subsequent rise of a contemporary commercial feature film and television industry by way of representative examples of a great range of titles, including The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood, Life Classes, The Disappeared, and Trailer Park Boys. He provides analysis of documentary filmmaking to emphasize concerns such as the establishment of the regional National Film Board studio and the influence of broadcast policy, but also considers significant recurring themes including the environment, the body, race and First Nations, and the north. Through critical analyses of key films and interviews conducted with filmmakers from all corners of the region, Varga uncovers patterns of meaning across diverse productions and interrogates the concept of region in relation to prevailing notions of national cinema and transnational media culture. With a focus on short films and an extensive history and analysis of the filmmaking production co-operatives located in each province, Shooting from the East sheds light on the creative processes and local economic and cultural conditions for making images on the edge of the Atlantic."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: ch. One Art Film Desire and Difference -- ch. Two Co-op Scene -- ch. Three Documentary in the Spirit of the Vernacular -- ch. Four Border Crossing from Art to Industry and Back Again. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- Atlantic Provinces -- History.
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Motion pictures. |
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History. |
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Motion picture industry -- Atlantic Provinces -- History -- 20th century.
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Motion picture industry. |
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20th century |
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Television programs -- Atlantic Provinces -- History and criticism.
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Television programs. |
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Television broadcasting -- Atlantic Provinces -- History -- 20th century.
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Television broadcasting. |
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Atlantic Provinces -- In motion pictures.
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1900-1999 |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Varga, Darrell, 1966- Shooting from the East.: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2015] ©2015 (CaOONL)2015904460X (OCoLC)908628899 |
| ISBN |
9780773598041 (pdf) |
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0773598049 |
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9780773598058 (epub) |
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0773598057 |
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9780773546295 |
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9780773546288 |
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