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REVOLUTION IN 35MM : POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND RESISTANCE IN CINEMA FROM THE ARTHOUSE TO THE GRINDHOUSE
Εκδότης Pm Press , ISBN 9798887440606
This historical period spans the Algerian war of independence and the early wave of
post-colonial struggles that reshaped the Global South, through the collapse of Soviet
Communism in the late '80s. It focuses on films related to the rise of protest
movements by students, workers, and leftist groups, as well as broader
countercultural movements, Black Power, the rise of feminism, and so on. The book
also includes films that explore the splinter groups that engaged in violent, urban
guerilla struggles throughout the 1970s and 1980s, as the promise of widespread
radical social transformation failed to materialize: the Weathermen, the Black
Liberation Army and the Symbionese Liberation Army in the United States, the Red
Army Faction in West Germany and Japan, and Italy's Red Brigades.
Many of these movements were deeply connected with and expressed their values
through art, literature, popular culture, and, of course, cinema. Twelve authors,
including academics and well know film critics, deliver a diverse examination of how
filmmakers around the world reacted to the political violence and resistance
movements of the period and how this was expressed on screen. This includes looking
at the financing, distribution, and screening of these films, audience and critical
reaction, the attempted censorship or suppression of much of this work, and how
directors and producers eluded these restrictions.
Including over two hundred illustrations, the book examines filmmaking movements
like the French, Japanese, German, and Yugoslavian New Waves; subgenres like
spaghetti westerns, Italian poliziotteschi, Blaxploitation, and mondo movies; and
films that reflect the values of specific movements like feminists, Vietnam War
protesters, and Black militants.
Περίληψη
This historical period spans the Algerian war of independence and the early wave of
post-colonial struggles that reshaped the Global South, through the collapse of Soviet
Communism in the late '80s. It focuses on films related to the rise of protest
movements by students, workers, and leftist groups, as well as broader
countercultural movements, Black Power, the rise of feminism, and so on. The book
also includes films that explore the splinter groups that engaged in violent, urban
guerilla struggles throughout the 1970s and 1980s, as the promise of widespread
radical social transformation failed to materialize: the Weathermen, the Black
Liberation Army and the Symbionese Liberation Army in the United States, the Red
Army Faction in West Germany and Japan, and Italy's Red Brigades.
Many of these movements were deeply connected with and expressed their values
through art, literature, popular culture, and, of course, cinema. Twelve authors,
including academics and well know film critics, deliver a diverse examination of how
filmmakers around the world reacted to the political violence and resistance
movements of the period and how this was expressed on screen. This includes looking
at the financing, distribution, and screening of these films, audience and critical
reaction, the attempted censorship or suppression of much of this work, and how
directors and producers eluded these restrictions.
Including over two hundred illustrations, the book examines filmmaking movements
like the French, Japanese, German, and Yugoslavian New Waves; subgenres like
spaghetti westerns, Italian poliziotteschi, Blaxploitation, and mondo movies; and
films that reflect the values of specific movements like feminists, Vietnam War
protesters, and Black militants.
Πληροφορίες προϊόντος
- Συγγραφέας Nette, Andrew
- Eκδότης Pm Press
- ISBN 9798887440606
- Κωδικός Ευριπίδη 040100086785
- Έτος κυκλοφορίας 2024
- Σελίδες 384
- Διαστάσεις
- Βάρος 500 gr