Nordic Genre Film

Small Nation Film Cultures in the Global Marketplace

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

Av Tommy Gustafsson, Pietari Kääpä, Linnaeus University) Gustafsson, Tommy (Professor of Film Studies, University of Stirling) Kaapa, Pietari (Lecturer in Media and Communications

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Nordic Genre Film offers a transnational approach to studying contemporary genre production in Nordic cinema. It discusses a range of internationally renowned examples, from Nordic noir such as the television show The Bridge and films like Insomnia to high concept ‘video generation’ productions such as Iron Sky. Other contributions focus on road movies, the horror film, autobiographical films, historical epics and pornography. These are contextualized by discussion of their position in their respective national film and media histories as well as their influence on other Nordic countries and beyond. By highlighting similarities and differences between the countries, the book combines industrial perspectives and in depth discussion of specific films, while also offering historical perspectives on each genre as comes to production, distribution and reception of popular contemporary genre film.

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Utgivningsdatum2015-05-15
Mått156 x 234 x 22 mm
Vikt562 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieTraditions in World Cinema
Antal sidor288
FörlagEdinburgh University Press
ISBN9780748693184

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Tommy Gustafsson is Professor of Film Studies at Linnaeus University, Sweden. His books include The Politics of Nordsploitation (with Pietari Kääpä, 2021), Masculinity in the Golden Age of Swedish Cinema (2014), and the anthologies Nordic Genre Films (EUP, 2015) and Transnational Ecocinema (2013), both co-edited with Pietari Kääpä. Pietari Kääpä is Lecturer in Media and Communications at University of Stirling. He is the author of The Cinema of Mika Kaurismaki (Intellect Books, 2011) and Ecology and Contemporary Nordic Cinemas (Continuum, 2013). With Tommy Gustafsson, he is co-editor of Transnational Ecocinema: Film Culture in an Era of Ecological Transformation (Intellect, 2013).

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.