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Film Policy is the first comprehensive overview of the workings of the international film industry. The authors examine film cultures and film policy across the world, explaining why Hollywood cinema dominates the global film market, and the effects of the rise of television and video on the international industry.
In a series of case studies drawn from North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia and Australia, the authors explore the relationship between Hollywood cinema product and national film cultures, and trace the development of international and national film policies, looking at issues of financing, regulation, protectionism and censorship.
List of contents
1: Terms for a Reader; 1: Policy in a Global Industry; 1: Adjusting to the New Global Economy; 2: Evolution and Competition in the American Video Marketplace; 3: Selling Television; 4: The Crime of Monsieur Lang; 5: European Co-Production Strategies; II: National Film Policies; 6: British Film Policy; 7: Policy Rhetorics of an Imaginary Cinema; 8: Film Policy in Latin America 1; 9: India's National Film Policy; 10: Cinema Polic(ing)y in Indonesia; 11: Film and Cinema in Singapore; III: Intranational Perspectives; 12: Art and Industry; 13: Peripheral Visions; 14: The National Question in Quebec and Its Impact on Canadian Cultural Policy; 15: Speaking Out
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Albert Moran
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Film Policy is the first comprehensive overview of the workings of the international film industry. The authors examine film cultures and film policy across the world, explaining why Hollywood cinema dominates the global film market, and the effects of the rise of television and video on the international industry.
In a series of case studies drawn from North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia and Australia, the authors explore the relationship between Hollywood cinema product and national film cultures, and trace the development of international and national film policies, looking at issues of financing, regulation, protectionism and censorship.
