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Zusatztext A History of Greek Cinema is a long-anticipated book in the area of Greek film studies, which fills a significant void…an ambitious publication, which would be warmly welcomed by film scholars as an essential and indepensable reading on Greek film studies. It could also serve as a valuable textbook for film students, as it comprises a fundamental and promising work, which would further enrich international literature on the field of Greek film studies. Informationen zum Autor Vrasidas Karalis is Associate Professor in Modern Greek Studies at the University of Sydney. He has published extensively on Greek culture, history and art. He is the editor of the Journal of Modern Greek Studies (Australia and New Zealand). In the area of film studies he has published on Theo Angelopoulos, Sergei Eisenstein and Alfred Hitchcock. Klappentext A detailed historical survey of Greek cinema from 1905-2010. Vorwort The book is a detailed historical survey of Greek cinema from its very beginning (1905) until today (2010). Zusammenfassung Provides a historical survey of Greek cinema from its very beginning (1905) until today (2010). This title focuses on the attempts to establish a national cinema useful to social cohesion and national identity. It analyses the problems and the dilemmas that many Greek directors faced in order to establish a distinct Greek cinema language. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Theoretical framework, debates and historical periodisation Chapter 1: Establishing the Cinematic Gaze: 1905-1945 Chapter 2: Searching for a Visual Metaphor: 1945-1970 Chapter 3: The Formalist Moment: The Inward Gaze: 1971-1995 Chapter 4: The Polyphony of the Decentered Gaze: The Other as a Cultural Hero: 1995-2010 Chapter 5: Epilogue Appendix 1: Music Scores in Greek Movies Appendix 2: On Smoking in Greek Movies Appendix 3: Superstars in Greek Cinema...
