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1 online resource : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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International library of the moving image ; 40
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International library of the moving image ; 40.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
The continued interest in the social and cultural life of the former Warsaw pact countries - looking at but also beyond their socialist pasts - encompasses a desire to know more about their national cinemas. Yet, despite the increasing consumption of films from these countries - via DVD, VOD platforms and other alternative channels - there is a lack of comprehensive information on this key aspect of visual culture. This important book rectifies the glaring gap and provides both a history and a contemporary account of East Central European cinema in the pre-WW2, socialist, and post-socialist pe. |
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Cover; Author bio; Endorsement; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; Figures; Graphs; Tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; A Note on Naming Conventions; Introduction; Part I Politics of Popular Cinema in the Interwar Period; 1 Czech Historical Film and Historical Traditions; Historical Narratives Shaping The Merry Wives; The Merry Wives: A Comedy Taking a Political Stance; Conclusion; Notes; 2 Starlets and Heart-throbs; Glamour Comedies and the Rise of the Male Stars; Turning Toward Melodrama: The Film Industry From 1936 Onwards; Conclusion; Notes |
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Part II Towards Socialism: Continuities and Ruptures3 The Stripping of His Charms; The Star Lead; The Transformed Lead; The Resisting Lead; Conclusion; Notes; 4 Transformations; From the Commercial Film Industry to the State-Owned Cinema Culture; Hungarian Cinema for the Millions; From Socialist Realist Operettas to Satirical Comedies; Crime Cinema During Socialism: Mission Impossible?; From the Precursors of the Present to Historical Adventure; Conclusion; Notes; 5 Postwar Czechoslovak Comedy The Autonomisation of Parody, and Lemonade Joe (1964) |
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Comedy in the Political History of Czechoslovak CinemaIndustrial Authorship and Group Styles in the State-Socialist Production System; Lemonade Joe: Paradoxical Historicity of Czech Film Parody; Autonomisation of Parody; Conclusion; Notes; Part III Socialist Film Cultures; 6 How To Be Loved? Three Takes on 'The Popular' in Socialist and Non-Socialist Cinema; 'Serious', 'Unserious', 'Art Cinema' and the 'Epic'; Kitsch and Realism; Notes; 7 'Humanist Screens': Foreign Cinema in Socialist Poland (1945-56); Humanist Screens and Mass Audiences; 1949: When Films Were Not Socialist Realist Enough |
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1951: Cinema Should Educate Rather Than Entertain1955: Genre Isn't So Bad After All; The General Public: Humanist Screens' Spectators; Conclusion; Notes; 8 Poland's Wild West and East; Lonely Heroes, Settlers and Gunslingers: How The Polish West Was Won; Defending the East: Soldiers and Rezuny; Conclusion; Notes; 9 Film in Full Gallop; Notes; 10 The Czechoslovak-East German Co-production Tři oříšky pro Popelku/Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel/Three Wishes ... ; Popularity With Two National Audiences; Children's Films at Barrandov and DEFA: A Temporary Reconciliation of Production Concepts |
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Cinderella, a Transnational CharacterConclusion; Acknowledgement; 11 The Paradox of Popularity; Introduction; Popular Film and the Politics of Power; Popular Film and the Politics of Auteurs; After 1968; The Case of the Crime Movie; The vulture; Conclusion; Notes; Part IV Out of Socialism: Co-habiting Models of Popular Cinema; 12 Popular Nostalgia; Notes; 13 The Power of Love; Heritage cinema: the (un)certainties of the past; Melodrama: Historical Trauma as an Affect; Romantic Comedy: Modernity Domesticated; Conclusion; 14 When Walls Fall; Notes |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- Europe, Central -- History -- 20th century.
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Motion pictures. |
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Central Europe. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Motion pictures -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century.
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Eastern Europe. |
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History. |
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Pitassio, Francesco.
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Varga, Zsuzsanna.
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Ostrowska, Dorota, 1973- editor.
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Pitassio, Francesco, editor.
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Varga, Zsuzsanna, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Popular cinemas in East Central Europe. London : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 2017 1784533971 9781784533977 (OCoLC)963344504 |
| ISBN |
9781786722393 (electronic book) |
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1786722399 (electronic book) |
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9781784533977 |
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1784533971 |
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