Barton Irish cinema in the twenty-first century

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-5261-5376-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 248 Seiten

This book provides an accessible, comprehensive discussion of how a small national cinema can remain relevant in the wider environment of globalisation. It includes chapters on the creative documentary, animation and the horror film, as well as Irish history on screen and the depiction of the countryside and the city.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Barton, Ruth

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1 How to make an Irish film
Short film Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty
2 Animating Ireland
Short film Foxes
3 Ireland of the horrors
Short film The Herd
4 Documenting Ireland
Short film Pentecost
5 Irish history and trauma
Short film The Shore
6 Filming Northern Ireland
Short film Six Shooter
7 Rural and small-town Ireland on screen
Short film New Boy
8 images of the city
Conclusion
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Ruth Barton is Associate Professor in Film Studies at Trinity College Dublin. She is the author of several books, including Irish National Cinema and critical biographies of the film star Hedy Lamarr and the silent director Rex Ingram. She appears regularly on radio as a film historian and critic.