Irish Film: The Emergence of a Contemporary CinemaBloomsbury Publishing, 2019 M07 25 - 264 pages This is an exploration of the representation of Ireland and the Irish in British and US cinemas, as well as Irish-made films. The book offers readings of a wide range of key films such as The Butcher Boy (1997), Patriot Games (1992) and Angela's Ashes (1999). It discusses the full range of Irish cinematic productions from the low-budget work of Comerford and Breathnach, to the bigger Hollywood productions like Ron Howard's Far and Away (1992), and looks at the 'second' cinema of directors such as Neil Jordan and Jim Sheridan where medium-sized budgets allow for greater creative control in Ireland. Feeding into wider debates about national and cultural identity, post-national cinema and the role of the state, the book provides an overview of how a relatively small film culture such as Ireland's can live successfully in the shadow of Hollywood. |
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Traditions of Representation Romanticism and Landscape | 33 |
Traditions of Representation Political Violence and the Myth of Atavism | 60 |
Modernisation and Cultural Ferment | 85 |
The Emergence of a Film Culture | 111 |
The First Wave Indigenous Film in the 1970s and 1980s | 131 |
Short Films and Plural Visions | 151 |
The Cinema of the Celtic Tiger Themes and Issues | 163 |
Cultural Identity The American Friend and the European Neighbour | 184 |
Urban Irelands Rural Landscape | 201 |
The Abused Child of History Neil Jordans The Butcher Boy 1997 | 213 |
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