European Cinema

Face to Face with Hollywood

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by Thomas Elsaesser

Type

Studies

Subject

Countries > Europe

Keywords

Europe, economics

Publishing date

2005

Publisher

Amsterdam University Press

Collection

Film Culture in Transition

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 566 pages
6 ¼ x 9 ½ inches (16 x 24 cm)

ISBN-10
ISBN-13

90-5356-594-9
978-90-5356-594-0

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Book Presentation:
In the face of renewed competition from Hollywood since the early 1980s and the challenges posed to Europe’s national cinemas by the fall of the Wall in 1989, independent filmmaking in Europe has begun to re-invent itself. European Cinema: Face to Face with Hollywood re-assesses the different debates and presents a broader framework for understanding the forces at work since the 1960s. These include the interface of “world cinema” and the rise of Asian cinemas, the importance of the international film festival circuit, the role of television, as well as the changing aesthetics of auteur cinema. New audiences have different allegiances, and new technologies enable networks to reshape identities, but European cinema still has an important function in setting critical and creative agendas, even as its economic and institutional bases are in transition.

About the Author:
Thomas Elsaesser (1943-2019) was Professor of Film and Television Studies in the Department of Art and Culture at the University of Amsterdam.

See the publisher website: Amsterdam University Press