Positioning Art Cinema: Film and Cultural Value

by Geoff King

Book Overview

From films that claim the status of harsh realism to others which embody aspects of the tradition of modernism or the poetic, art cinema encompasses a variety of work from across the globe. But how is art cinema positioned in the film marketplace, or by critics and in academic analysis? Exactly what kinds of cultural value are attributed to films of this type and how can this be explained? This book offers a unique analysis of how such processes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350260061
• ISBN13: 9781350260061
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"