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Screening the past: memory and nostalgia in cinema
No full textScreening the Past explores the different ways memory and nostalgia are used in cinema, focusing on current debates about the way the media represents the past
Portrait of a lady: Sofia Coppola
No full textThe article explores the relationship between fashion and history in Sofia Copola's 2006 film 'Marie Antoinette'. It looks at the way the director's background may have influenced critical responses to the film
Nicole Kidman
No full textA case study of the life and work of international film star Nicole Kidman that examines her career in the context of structural changes in the global media industries in the last twenty years. The book traces her trajectory from Australian actress to global superstar, looking at her development of an 'actorly' performance style and exploring the postcolonial implications of her reliance on pastiche and mimicry. The transformation of contemporary stardom under the impact of horizontal integration and conglomeration is evaluated via a multi-dimensional method that ranges across different medi
Authorship and cinema
No full textThe chapter reviews the history and cultural impact of debates about authorship and cinema, from the French concept of the 'politique des auteurs' and American and British auteur theory to the structuralist rejection of auteurism and its revision and revival in recent cultural theory. The main text is accompanied by case studies that provide detailed analysis of key films and film-makers
Labours of love: in praise of fan websites
No full textDiscusses the potential of fan websites as unofficial archives and their value as research tools for moving image research. Looks at four fan websites in detail, assessing the ways in which they might contribute to new methods of teaching and learning. Argues for a 'radical pluralist' approach to moving image educatio
Transnational utopias: Baz Luhrmann and Australian cinema
No full textDrawing on original research conducted in Australia, I explore the industrial context, collaborative working practices, transnational ethos and aesthetic of Australian film-maker Baz Luhrmann’s Sydney-based independent production company Bazmark Inq. I trace the potential and limitations inherent in Bazmark’s relationship with major Hollywood studio Twentieth Century Fox, covering issues of copyright, branding and artistic autonomy. I look at the way structural developments, new technologies and the re-emergence of popular art cinema have allowed directors such as Luhrmann to cross over into mainstream territory while operating from a small-scale artisanal base. My argument is that Luhrmann and his team actively engage with digital technologies and the complexities of global media production and consumption to give value and visibility to Australia as a local centre for creative endeavour. This is achieved by projecting utopian visions of their set-up, working methods and output as arenas of cultural innovation. While these practices may not cohere into an ideal, they make a significant contribution to debates about national identity and visibility in contemporary global film cultur
I know where I'm going!
No full textI Know Where I'm Going! is widely regarded as one of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's most remarkable films. A simple moral tale set in the wild Scottish Highlands, it follows the journey of a headstrong young woman forced by her encounter with this magical, mythical world and its exotic customs to revise her materialistic priorities. This book traces the film's production history, exploring its place in Powell and Pressburger's canon and showing how it wove into its narrative the memories and aspirations of an international group of film-makers working in 1940s Britain. Focusing on the extensive use of special effects, the book reveals a technologically ambitious masterpiece and a multilayered work rich in allusions whose emotional power reaches beyond the boundaries of time and place to touch profound human desires
On memorialising Gainsborough Studios
No full textThe article is a photo-essay reflecting on the Gainsborough Studios property development in Islington, north London on the site of the British film studio Gainsborough Pictures, which produced successful popular films between 1924 and 1950
Dancing with pixels: digital artefacts, memory and the beauty of loss
No full textDiscussion of technical constraints in videography and their potential to engage critically with dominant discourses of digital production. Focuses on Wong-Kar-wai's 2000 film 'In the Mood for Love' to explore issues of memory, nostalgia and representation in the context of digital moving image studies
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