Cinema of Flames: Balkan Film, Culture and the MediaBloomsbury Publishing, 2019 M07 25 - 320 pages First study of cinema, media and the Balkan wars; Wide-ranging view of politics and culture of the region; The break-up of Yugoslavia triggered a truly international film-making project. Underground, Ulysses' Gaze, Before the Rain, Pretty Village, Pretty Flame and Welcome to Sarajevo were amongst a host of films created as the conflicts in the region unravelled. These conflicts restored the Balkans as a centrepiece of Western imagery and the media (especially cinema) assumed a leading but ambiguous role in defining it for global consumption through a narrow range of selectively defined images. Simultaneously, a lot of the high-quality cinematic and television work made in the region (much of it discussed in this book) remains relatively unknown. Cinema of Flames attempts to go deeper than the imagery and address some of the general concerns of the cross-cultural representation and self-representation of the Balkans: narrative strategies within the context of Balkan exclusion from the European cultural sphere, the cosmopolitan image of Sarejevo, diaspora, and the representations of villains, victims, women, and ethnic minorities, all considered in the general context of Balkan cinema. 'encyclopaedic in scope and brilliance, making excellent use of the scholarly literature whilst interweaving analysis of films and other mass media. The book will be a superb addition to the literatures on Bosnia and Yugoslavia. It will also serve as a standard reference on Balkans film.' Robert Hayden (University of Pittsburgh) |
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... shown, is a question which cannot be answered in a precise definition, as this would require measuring the imaginary.2 I have several reasons for insisting on an inclusive understanding of the Balkans. First, all countries here share a ...
... shown, is a question which cannot be answered in a precise definition, as this would require measuring the imaginary.2 I have several reasons for insisting on an inclusive understanding of the Balkans. First, all countries here share a ...
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... shown at festivals or that are currently in production. Sometime in 1998 I decided that it was now futile to try to keep up. I am still doing my best to see as many of the new films as possible, but none of those that I have seen since ...
... shown at festivals or that are currently in production. Sometime in 1998 I decided that it was now futile to try to keep up. I am still doing my best to see as many of the new films as possible, but none of those that I have seen since ...
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... shown – Pula, Belgrade, Subotica and Bitolja. In 1995, a special series called 'Sarajevo Film Days' was organised in Zagreb. Sarajevans themselves were quite active in scheduling film events and there were several organised during the ...
... shown – Pula, Belgrade, Subotica and Bitolja. In 1995, a special series called 'Sarajevo Film Days' was organised in Zagreb. Sarajevans themselves were quite active in scheduling film events and there were several organised during the ...
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... shown through the eyes of a Western mercenary also in the feature Savior (USA, 1998). 8. Bosnia Hotel (France, 1996), Safe Haven: The Betrayal of Srebrenica (UK, 1996), A Cry from the Grave (UK, 1999) and the feature Warriors (UK, 1999) ...
... shown through the eyes of a Western mercenary also in the feature Savior (USA, 1998). 8. Bosnia Hotel (France, 1996), Safe Haven: The Betrayal of Srebrenica (UK, 1996), A Cry from the Grave (UK, 1999) and the feature Warriors (UK, 1999) ...
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... shown in front of Buckingham Palace, where he is shooting the majestic changing of the guard. Three minutes into this sequence, the footage of the Queen's guards is suddenly intercut with scenes from Bulgarian peasant life, and the ...
... shown in front of Buckingham Palace, where he is shooting the majestic changing of the guard. Three minutes into this sequence, the footage of the Queen's guards is suddenly intercut with scenes from Bulgarian peasant life, and the ...
Contents
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Part 2 Commitments Amid Strife | 87 |
Part 3 People | 173 |
Part 4 Spaces | 233 |
Bibliography | 283 |
Filmography | 300 |
Index | 318 |
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