"Brigadoon", "Braveheart" and the Scots

Distortions of Scotland in Hollywood Cinema

Inbunden, Engelska, 2003

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The films "Brigadoon" and "Braveheart" have an enormous resonance both for Scots throughout the world and the wide audience of non-Scots for whom such films provide general impressions of "Scottishness". This provocative book discusses the films' representations of Scotland and the Scots, looking at that cluster of images and stories whereby Scotland is (mis)recognized and yet often comes to be "known". Colin McArthur explores "Brigadoon" and documents the contempt the film has elicited, particularly from the Scots intelligentsia. He succumbs to "Brigadoon's" charm, but finds no such mitigating features in "Braveheart". Tracing the film's appropriation by political, touristic and sporting figures, he argues that, far from being "about" Scottish history, it is primarily "about" Hollywood and its cinematic traditions. He looks at the way film distorts history and examines "Braveheart's" sinister appeal to the proto-fascist psyche.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2003-09-26
Mått138 x 216 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieCinema and Society
Antal sidor228
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781860649271

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List of Illustrations vi General Editor's Introduction viii Acknowledgements x Introduction 1 1 Where Did Brigadoon Come From? 7 2 Brigadoon and the Broadway Musical 32 3 Brigadoon and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 65 4 Marketing, Using and Abusing Brigadoon 94 5 Scotland and the Braveheart Effect 123 6 Braveheart: A (Quasi-)Barthesian Reading in Slow Motion 137 7 'No' a Fuckin' Dry Eye in the Hoose': Braveheart's 'Gift of a Thistle' Sequence 160 8 'That's Show Business!': The 'What' and 'Why' of Braveheart's Historical Distortions 178 9 It Takes One to Know One: Braveheart's Appeal to the Proto-Fascist Psyche 192 Epilogue 209 Bibliography 213 Index of Films 219 General Index 223

The Scotsman: "McArthur traces Brigadoon from genesis to legacy and seems to have come to appreciate its charms in the process". Scottish Studies Review Journal: "the doyen of Scottish film criticism...fascinating" "wealth of anecdotal detail" "reminds by example that scholars can be active participants within popular culture as as Olympian vivisectionists of the same." The Sunday Post: "fascinating new book" "destined to arouse controversy"