World Film Locations - Helsinki

World Film Locations: Helsinki explores the relationship between the city, cinema, and Finnish cultural history. Cinematic representations of Helsinki range from depictions of a northern periphery to a space of cosmopolitanism, from a touristic destination to a substitute for Moscow and St. Petersburg during the Cold War.

About the author

Pietari Kההpה is a research fellow in the School of Film and Television Studies at the University of Helsinki. He has published extensively on transnational Finnish cinema, including Directory of World Cinema: Finland. Silja Laine is a lecturer in landscape studies at the University of Turku, Finland.

Summary

Cinematic representations of Helsinki range from depictions of a northern periphery to a space of cosmopolitanism, from a touristic destination to a substitute for Moscow/St Petersburg during the Cold War. This volume on Europe's northernmost capital, Helsinki, explores the relationship between the city and cinema and Finnish cultural history.

Product details

• Authors: Pietari KÃÃpÃ
• Assisted by: Pietari Kaapa (Editor), Pietari (University of Warwick Kaapa (Editor), Pietari (University of Warwick) Kaapa (Editor), Pietari Kääpä (Editor), Silja Laine (Editor)
• Publisher: Intellect Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.02.2013
• EAN: 9781841507224
• ISBN: 978-1-84150-722-4
• No. of pages: 114
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 8 mm
• Weight: 258 g
• Series: Intellect Books - World Film L; Intellect Books - World Film Locations; World Film Locations
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV