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Book Synopsis
This literate and lively study explores the spread of American culture into international cinema as reflected by the collision and partial merger of two important styles of filmmaking: the Hollywood style of stars, genres, and action, and the European art

Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part I. History and Theory
    • 1. The Art Film
    • 2. Economic Links
    • 3. The Euro-American Art Film: Definition
    • 4. The Euro-American Art Film: History
    • 5. Cultural Dominance or Cultural Mix
  • Part II. Case Studies
    • Introduction
    • 6. Art and Commerce in Contempt
    • 7. Blow-Up, Swinging London, and the Film Generation
    • 8. Pasolini’s The Canterbury Tales: The Estrangement of an English Classic
    • 9. Paris, Texas, an American Dream
    • 10. The Last Emperor: Pleasures and Dangers of the Exotic
    • 11. Final Comments
  • Notes
  • Filmography: Euro-American Art Films
  • Bibliography
  • Index

The EuroAmerican Cinema

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/08/1993
      ISBN13: 9780292746787, 978-0292746787
      ISBN10: 0292746784

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This literate and lively study explores the spread of American culture into international cinema as reflected by the collision and partial merger of two important styles of filmmaking: the Hollywood style of stars, genres, and action, and the European art

      Table of Contents
      • Acknowledgments
      • Introduction
      • Part I. History and Theory
        • 1. The Art Film
        • 2. Economic Links
        • 3. The Euro-American Art Film: Definition
        • 4. The Euro-American Art Film: History
        • 5. Cultural Dominance or Cultural Mix
      • Part II. Case Studies
        • Introduction
        • 6. Art and Commerce in Contempt
        • 7. Blow-Up, Swinging London, and the Film Generation
        • 8. Pasolini’s The Canterbury Tales: The Estrangement of an English Classic
        • 9. Paris, Texas, an American Dream
        • 10. The Last Emperor: Pleasures and Dangers of the Exotic
        • 11. Final Comments
      • Notes
      • Filmography: Euro-American Art Films
      • Bibliography
      • Index

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