Short Films from a Small Nation : Danish Informational Cinema 1935-1965 Hardback
by C. Claire Thomson
Part of the Traditions in World Cinema series
Hardback
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The first book-length study in English of a national corpus of state-sponsored informational filmFor three decades, state-sponsored short filmmaking educated Danish citizens, promoted Denmark to the world, and shaped the careers of renowned directors like Carl Th.
Dreyer. The first book-length study in English of a national corpus of state-sponsored informational film, this book traces how Danish shorts on topics including social welfare, industry, art and architecture were commissioned, funded, produced and reviewed from the inter-war period to the 1960s.
Examining the life cycle of a representative selection of films, and discussing their preservation and mediation in the digital age, this book presents a detailed case study of how informational cinema is shaped by, and indeed shapes, its cultural, political and technological contexts.Key featuresCombines close textual analysis of a broad range of films with detailed accounts of their commissioning, production, distribution and reception in Denmark and abroadConsiders a broad range of genres and sub-genres, including industrial process films, public information films, art films, the city symphony, the essay film, and many moreMaps international networks of informational and documentary films in the post-war periodExplores the role of informational film in Danish cultural and political history
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:240 pages, 25 B/W illustrations
- Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
- Publication Date:31/01/2018
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- ISBN:9781474424134
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:240 pages, 25 B/W illustrations
- Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
- Publication Date:31/01/2018
- Category:
- ISBN:9781474424134
