| Description |
1 online resource (234 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Nationalism, popular culture and the cinema in Ireland -- Traditions of representation : romanticism and landscape -- Traditions of representation : political violence and the myth of atavism -- Modernisation and cultural ferment -- The emergence of a film culture -- The first wave : indigenous film in the 1970s and 1980s -- Short films and plural visions -- The cinema of the 'Celtic tiger' : themes and issues -- Cultural identity : the American friend and the European neighbour -- Urban Ireland's rural landscape -- The abused child of history : Neil Jordan's The butcher boy (1997) |
| Summary |
"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."--Bloomsbury publishing |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-230) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- Ireland.
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Motion pictures.
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Filmkunst.
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| SUBJECT |
Ireland -- In motion pictures.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87004078
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| Subject |
Ireland.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
British Film Institute.
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| ISBN |
9781838711061 |
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1838711066 |
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9781838716431 |
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1838716432 |
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9781838716424 |
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1838716424 |
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