European Cinema An Introduction

This book is a highly original introduction to the study of European cinema. Following a wide-ranging first part which asks whether European cinema exists and, if so, what its aesthetic, political, and economic characteristics might be, the book offers a series of fascinating and informative case studies of films from the major European film-producing countries including Britain and Russia.

Jill Forbes is Professor of French, University of Strathclyde.

Sarah Street is Senior Lecturer in Film and Television Studies, University of Bristol.

List of Illustrations

vii

Acknowledgements

viii

Introduction

ix

PART I EUROPEAN CINEMA: AN OVERVIEW

1

(206)

Jill Forbes

Sarah Street

Economics and Politics

3

(23)

The First World War and After

3

(3)

The `Silent Salesman'

6

(2)

Pan European Cooperation

8

(2)

Technology and the Birth of the `Culture Industries'

10

(1)

Censorship and propaganda

11

(6)

Protectionism and Subsidy

17

(4)

Modernisation and `New Cinema'

21

(1)

Cinema and Television

22

(2)

Cinema and the European Union

24

(2)

Ideology, Aesthetics and Style

26

(181)

The Rise of National Cinema

26

(3)

Sound and Style

29

(5)

The European Film Studios

34

(2)

Hollywood, For and Against: Art Cinema and Popular Cinema

36

(4)

Cinema and the National Question

40

(2)

Popular European Cinema: Genres and Stars

42

(11)

References and Suggestions for Further Reading for Part 1

48

(5)

PART II CASE STUDIES

Bronenosets Potemkin (The Battleship Potemkin)

53

(14)

Birgit Beumers

The Lodger

67

(14)

Sarah Street

La regle du jeu

81

(14)

Jill Forbes

Ossessione

95

(14)

Derek Duncan

Viridiana

109

(12)

Annella McDermott

Alice in den Stadten (Alice in the Cites)

121

(12)

Stuart Taberner

Carmen

133

(12)

Annella McDermott

Good Morning Babilonia

145

(12)

Derek Duncan

Das Versprechen (The Promise)

157

(14)

Stuart Taberner

La haine

171

(12)

Jill Forbes

Trainspotting

183

(12)

Sarah Street

Sibirskii tsiriul'nik (The Barber of Siberia)

195

(12)

Birgit Beumers

Notes on the Contributors

207

(1)

Index of Film Titles

208

(4)

General Index

212

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