Nordic Genre Film: Small Nation Film Cultures in the Global Marketplace

ISBN-13: 9780748693184 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 288 str.

Tommy Kaa Gustafsson; Tommy Gustafsson; Pietari Kaapa

Opis

Nordic Genre Film offers a transnational approach to studying contemporary genre production in Nordic cinema.

Spis treści

Introduction: Nordic Genre Film and Institutional History, Tommy Gustafsson & Pietari Kääpä; Part I: Heritage cinema and national narratives; Sibelius (2003) and the Re-emergence of the Great Man Biopic, Kimmo Laine; Whose Repressed Memories? Max Manus: Man of War and Flame & Citron (from a Swede’s Point of View), Erik Hedling; Voices from the Past: Recent Nordic Historical Films, Gunnar Iversen; Part II: Crime and detective narratives; Crime Up North: The Case of Norway, Finland and Iceland, Björn Norðfjörð; The Thrill of the Nordic Kill: The Manhunt Movie in the Nordic Thriller, Rikke Schubart; Bridges and Tunnels: Negotiating the national in transnational television-drama, Anders Wilhelm Åberg; Stockholm Noir: Neoliberalism and Gangsterism in Easy Money, Michael Tapper; The Private Life of the Prime Minister? Politics, Drama and Documentary in Pääministeri (2009) and Palme (2012), Anneli Lehtisalo; Part III: Nordic optimism: road movies, comedies and musicals; Fathers and sons reunited: road movies as stories of generational continuity, Tommi Römpötti; The Nordic “Quirky Feel-good”, Ellen Rees; Contesting Marriage: The Finnish Unromantic Comedy, Jaakko Seppälä; Powered by Music: Contemporary Film Musicals, Nordic Style, Ann-Kristin Wallengren; Part IV: Nordic Horrors; Slasher in the Snow: The Rise of the Low-Budget Nordic Horror Film, Tommy Gustafsson; Nordic Vampires: Stories of Social Exclusion in Nordic Welfare States, Outi Hakola; Part V: Genre Benders; A National/Transnational Genre: Pornography in Transition, Mariah Larsson; Going Hollywood: Nordic Directors in American Cinema, Arne Lunde; A culture of reciprocity: the politics of cultural exchange in contemporary Nordic genre Film, Pietari Kääpä.