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Informationen zum Autor Peter Hames is Honorary Research Associate in Film and Media Studies at Staffordshire University. His books include The Czechoslovak New Wave (second edition! 2005) and! as editor! The Cinema of Central Europe (2004)! The Cinema of Jan Svankmajer: Dark Alchemy (second edition! 2008)! and Cinemas in Transition (with Catherine Portuges! forthcoming). He has contributed to a wide range of publications! including Sight and Sound! Index on Censorship! Canadian Slavonic Papers! and KinoKultura. Klappentext Peter Hames completes the first, English-language study on the themes and traditions of Czech and Slovak cinema. Joining interwar and postwar cinema with films produced during the post-Communist period, Hames follows interactions among theme, genre, and visual style and the way in which a range of styles and traditions extend across different historical periods and political regimes. Taken altogether, Hames's microanalysis of Czech and Slovak cinema opens a unique pathway into the greater themes of Central European film history. Zusammenfassung Examines the key themes and traditions of Czech and Slovak cinema! linking inter-war and post-war cinemas together with developments in the post-Communist period. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. The Comic Tradition; 3. Czech Lyricism; 4. The Avant Garde; 5. Surrealism; 6. Animation; 7. Representations of the Holocaust; 8. Realism and the New Wave; 9. Politics and Film; 10. Traditions of the Absurd; 11. Is There a Slovak Style?.
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Peter Hames is Honorary Research Associate in Film and Media Studies at Staffordshire University. His books include The Czechoslovak New Wave (second edition, 2005) and, as editor, The Cinema of Central Europe (2004), The Cinema of Jan Svankmajer: Dark Alchemy (second edition, 2008), and Cinemas in Transition (with Catherine Portuges, forthcoming). He has contributed to a wide range of publications, including Sight and Sound, Index on Censorship, Canadian Slavonic Papers, and KinoKultura.
