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11. German National Cinema

    Series: National Cinemas

    Sabine Hake presents the second edition of her comprehensive account of German cinema from its origins to the present. From The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari to Run Lola Run, Hake examines a range of films in relation to the social, political, economic and technological events surrounding them. The...

    Published October 17th 2001 by Routledge
12. Nordic National Cinemas

    Edited by Gunnar Iverson, Astrid Soderbergh Widding, Tytti Soila

    Series: National Cinemas

    Nordic National Cinemas explores the film histories and cultures of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. The authors examine each country's domestic film production, social and political context and domestic audiences from the beginning of this century to the twentieth century.The authors...

    Published January 21st 1998 by Routledge
13. British National Cinema

    By Sarah Street

    Series: National Cinemas

    The first substantial overview of the British film industry with emphasis on its genres, stars, and socioeconomic context, British National Cinema by Sarah Street is an important title in Routledge's new National Cinemas series. British National Cinema synthesizes years of scholarship on British...

    Published February 27th 1997 by Routledge
14. Australian National Cinema

    By Tom O'Regan

    Series: National Cinemas

    Tom O'Regan's book is the first of its kind on Australian post-war cinema. It takes as its starting point Bazin's question 'What is cinema?'and asks what the construct of a 'national' cinema means. It looks at the broader concept from a different angle, taking film beyond the confines of 'art' into...

    Published September 25th 1996 by Routledge
15. Italian National Cinema

    By Pierre Sorlin

    Series: National Cinemas

    From such films as La Dolce Vita and Bicycle Thieves to Cinema Paradiso and Dear Diary, Italian cinema has provided striking images of Italy as a nation and a people. In the first comprehensive study of Italian cinema from 1886-1996, Pierre Sorlin explores the changing relationship of Italian...

    Published August 7th 1996 by Routledge
16. French National Cinema

    By Susan Hayward

    Series: National Cinemas

    This examination of France's national cinema takes its primary artefact, the feature film and discusses both popular cinema and the `avant garde' cinema that contests it.Susan Hayward argues that writing on French national cinema has tended to focus on either `great' film-makers or on specific...

    Published July 21st 1993 by Routledge