Canadian Cinema Since the 1980s

At the Heart of the World

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

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Award-winning author David L. Pike offers a unique focus on the crucial quarter-century in Canadian filmmaking when the industry became a viable force on the international stage. Pike provides a lively, personal, and accessible history of the most influential filmmakers and movements of both Anglo-Canadian and Quebecois cinema, from popular movies to art film and everything in between.Along with in-depth studies of key directors, including David Cronenberg, Patricia Rozema and Denys Arcand, Jean-Claude Lauzon, Robert Lepage, Léa Pool, Atom Egoyan, and Guy Maddin, Canadian Cinema since the 1980s reflects on major themes and genres and explores the regional and cultural diversity of the period. Pike positions Canadian filmmaking at the frontlines of a profound cinematic transformation in the age of global media and presents fresh perspectives on both its local and international contexts. Making a significant advance in the study of the film industry of the period, Canadian Cinema since the 1980s is also an ideal text for students, researchers, and Canadian film enthusiasts.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2012-12-19
Mått178 x 255 x 30 mm
Vikt840 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor277
FörlagUniversity of Toronto Press
ISBN9781442643994

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Contents List of IllustrationsPrafaceAcknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction: What Is Canadian Cinema and What Happened to It at the End of the Twentieth Century? 1.Canadian Cinema 1896-1986: Invisibility and Difference2.The Anxiety of Influence: David Cronenberg and the Canadian Imagination 3.Time Capsules: The Eighties Worlds of Denys Arcand and Patricia Rozema4.Crossover Icons: The Faces of Canadian Cinema5.Quebecois Auteurs: The New Internationalism of Jean-Claude Lauzon, Léa Pool, and Robert Lepage6.Cronenberg's Mutant Progeny: Genre film-making around the Turn of the Millennium7.The Death of the Author? The Case of Atom Egoyan8.The Canadian Mosaic: Margins and Ethnicities9.Film-making at the Heart of the World: Guy Maddin ConclusionNotesWorks Cited

‘With his witty and conversational style, Pike proves as insightful an authority on the secondary directors and issues as on the mainstream. Recommended. All readers.’- M.Yacowar (Choice Magazine, vol 50:10:2013) ‘Pike’s “sprawling academic monster” is a timely addition to a body of English-language work on cinema north of the 49th parallel.’- Carole Kruger (The French Review vol 83:03:2015)