ISBN-13: 9781841506173 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 276 str.
An important addition to Intellect s popular series, "Directory of World Cinema: Finland" provides historical and cultural overviews of the country s cinema. Over the course of their contributions to this volume, scholars from a variety of disciplines construct a collective argument that complicates the dominant international view of Finnish cinema as small-scale industry dominated by realist art-house films.The contributors approach the topic from a variety of angles, covering genre, art, and commercial films; independent productions; blockbuster cinema; and Finnish cinema s industrial and historical contexts. While paying heed to Finland s cultural specificity, the contributors also explore Finnish cultural industries within the broader context of international political, economic, artistic, and industrial developments. Together, they skillfully depict an ever-changing national film culture that plays a dynamic role in the global cinematic landscape. "The Directory of World Cinema: Finland" will therefore expand not only global interest in Finnish cinema but also the parameters within which it is discussed."