French-language Road Cinema : : Borders, Diasporas, Migration and 'New Europe' / / Michael Gott.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
• VerfasserIn: Gott, Michael,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Traditions in World Cinema : TWC
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (208 p.)

An examination of contemporary French-language road movies within the cultural and political context of 'New Europe'Over the past two decades road cinema has become an increasingly popular form of expression for European directors. Focusing on a corpus of films from France, Belgium and Switzerland, including works by Ismaël Ferroukhi, Bouli Lanners, Aki Kaurismäki and Jacqueline Audry amongst many others, French-language Road Cinema contends that nowhere is the impulse to remap the spaces and identities of 'New Europe' more evident than in French-language cinema. Drawing on mobility studies, cultural geography and film theory, this innovative work sketches out the flexible yet distinctive parameters of contemporary French-language road cinema, and argues for an understanding of the 'road movie' not as a genre but as a thematic and formal template that crosses cinematic categories to bring together a wide array of films that narrate the movements of migrants, tourists and business executives.Key FeaturesThe first monograph to focus on transnational French-language (from or co-produced by France, Belgium and Switzerland) European road cinemaEach chapter analyses key formal characteristics of a carefully chosen selection of films through the optic of a significant cultural or political issue facing 'New Europe'Examines the unique formal and thematic qualities of French-language European road movies in relationship to American and European traditionsCase studies examine well-known films, as well as those that have not yet received scholarly attention but are commercially available with English subtitlesCompares and contrasts more positive vantage points on cinematic mobility with recent migrant cinema Read the introduction for free"

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgements -- List of Illustrations -- Traditions in World Cinema -- Introduction -- 1. Mapping the Hybrid European Road: French Connections, European Traditions and American Influence? -- 2. Remapping the European Road -- 3. Cowboys, Icebergs, Anarchists and Toreadors: The Paradoxes and Possibilities of the Francophone Belgian Road Cinema -- 4. Travelling Beyond the National: Mobile Citizenship and Flexible Identities in French-language Return Road Movies -- 5. The End of the Road? Dark Routes and Urban Passageways -- Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Index