The first book-length study in English of a national corpus of state-sponsored informational filmFor three decades, state-sponsored short filmmaking educated Danish citizens, promoted Denmark to the world, and shaped the careers of renowned directors like Carl Th. Dreyer. The first book-length study in English of a national corpus of state-sponsored informational film, this book traces how Danish shorts on topics including social welfare, industry, art and architecture were commissioned, funded, produced and reviewed from the inter-war period to the 1960s. Examining the life cycle of a representative selection of films, and discussing their preservation and mediation in the digital age, this book presents a detailed case study of how informational cinema is shaped by, and indeed shapes, its cultural, political and technological contexts.Key featuresCombines close textual analysis of a broad range of films with detailed accounts of their commissioning, production, distribution and reception in Denmark and abroadConsiders a broad range of genres and sub-genres, including industrial process films, public information films, art films, the city symphony, the essay film, and many moreMaps international networks of informational and documentary films in the post-war periodExplores the role of informational film in Danish cultural and political history
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C. Claire Thomson is a Senior Lecturer in Scandinavian Film at University College London.
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Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover, xi + 223 pages, b&w photos in text, NOT ex-library. Interior is clean and bright throughout with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound. A couple of small bumps right on the lower edge of the front board. Issued without a dust jacket. -- Contents: Traditions in World Cinema; Introduction; 1. Enlightenment and Utility: Informational Film as Useful Cinema; 2. We are a Little Land: Informational Film and Small-nation Cinema; 3. Mapping Messiness: The Informational Film Archive and Actor-Network Theory; 4. The Film World's Cooperative Store: Institutions and Films of the 1930s and 1940s; 5. A Film-progressive Nation: The Social Denmark Series and the British Documentary Movement; 6. Somethin' about Scandinavia: Danish Shorts on the Post-war International Scene; 7. Citizens of the Future: Informational Film and the Welfare State; 8. A Free Hand: The Art Film versus the Art of Documentary; 9. Symphony of a Short Film: A City Called Copenhagen; Conclusion; References; Index -- The first book-length study in English of a national corpus of state-sponsored informational film. For three decades, state-sponsored short filmmaking educated Danish citizens, promoted Denmark to the world, and shaped the careers of renowned directors like Carl Th. Dreyer. The first book-length study in English of a national corpus of state-sponsored informational film, this book traces how Danish shorts on topics including social welfare, industry, art and architecture were commissioned, funded, produced and reviewed from the inter-war period to the 1960s. Examining the life cycle of a representative selection of films, and discussing their preservation and mediation in the digital age, this book presents a detailed case study of how informational cinema is shaped by, and indeed shapes, its cultural, political and technological contexts. Key features: - combines close textual analysis of a broad range of films with detailed accounts of their commissioning, production, distribution and reception in Denmark and abroad; - considers a broad range of genres and sub-genres, including industrial process films, public information films, art films, the city symphony, the essay film, and many more; - maps international networks of informational and documentary films in the post-war period; - explores the role of informational film in Danish cultural and political history. N° de réf. du vendeur 009583
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