| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 223 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Traditions in world cinema
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Traditions in world cinema.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"For three decades, state-sponsored short filmmaking educated Danish citizens, promoted Denmark to the world, and shaped the careers of renowned directors like Carl Th. Dreyer. The first book-length study in English of a national corpus of state-sponsored informational film, this book traces how Danish shorts on topics including social welfare, industry, art and architecture were commissioned, funded, produced and reviewed from the inter-war period to the 1960s. Examining the life cycle of a representative selection of films, and discussing their preservation and mediation in the digital age, this book presents a detailed case study of how informational cinema is shaped by, and indeed shapes, its cultural, political and technological contexts."--Back cover. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Traditions in World Cinema; Introduction; 1. Enlightenment and Utility: Informational Film as Useful Cinema; 2. We are a Little Land: Informational Film and Small-nation Cinema; 3. Mapping Messiness: The Informational Film Archive and Actor-Network Theory; 4. The Film World's Cooperative Store: Institutions and Films of the 1930s and 1940s; 5. A Film-progressive Nation: The Social Denmark Series and the British Documentary Movement |
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6. Somethin' about Scandinavia: Danish Shorts on the Post-war International Scene7. Citizens of the Future: Informational Film and the Welfare State; 8. A Free Hand: The Art Film versus the Art of Documentary; 9. Symphony of a Short Film: A City Called Copenhagen; Conclusion; References; Index |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Instructional films -- Denmark.
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Instructional films. |
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Denmark. |
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Short films -- Denmark.
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Short films. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| ISBN |
9781474424158 (electronic book) |
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1474424155 (electronic book) |
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9781474424141 (electronic book) |
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1474424147 (electronic book) |
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9781474424134 |
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