A History of Danish Cinema / / ed. by Pei-Sze Chow, C. Claire Thomson, Isak Thorsen.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Arts 2021
• MitwirkendeR: Allen, Julie K.,; Bigelow, Benjamin,; Bondebjerg, Ib,; Chow, Pei-Sze,; Christensen, Christa Lykke,; Hartvigson, Niels Henrik,; Hjort, Mette,; Jerslev, Anne,; Jørholt, Eva,; Langkjær, Birger,; Péronard, Emile Hertling,; Redvall, Eva Novrup,; Schepelern, Peter,; Schröder, Stephan Michael,; Shriver-Rice, Meryl,; Sørensen, Lars-Martin,; Thomson, C. Claire,; Thorsen, Isak,; Tybjerg, Casper,
• HerausgeberIn: Chow, Pei-Sze,; Thomson, C. Claire,; Thorsen, Isak,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (336 p.) :; 40 B/W illustrations
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; List of Figures --; Acknowledgments --; Notes on Contributors --; Introduction --; PART I: FROM THE FIRST ‘GOLDEN AGE’ TO THE OCCUPATION --; 1. Surviving a Crisis: Nordisk Films Kompagni as a World Player --; 2. Asta & Co.: The Politics of Early Danish Film Stardom --; 3. The European Principle: Art and Border-Crossings in Carl Theodor Dreyer’s Career --; 4. Derailed: Danish Film during the German Occupation --; PART II: NATIONAL GENRES --; 5. The Art of the Popular: The Folkekomedie Tradition --; 6. Social Realism of the 1940s: Between Paternalistic Care and Dignifying Humanism --; 7. Imagining Denmark: Danmarksfi lm as Documentary Portraits of a Nation --; 8. Rural Dreams: Landscape, Family, Sexuality and Queerness in Homeland Cinema --; 9. The Olsen Gang in Denmark – And Abroad --; 10. Making a Life of Your Own: Films for Children and Young People in the 1970s and 1980s --; 11. Pornography and Censorship --; PART III: AUTEURS AND INSTITUTIONS OF THE NEW GOLDEN AGE --; 12. Into the Dark Forest: The Cinema of Lars von Trier --; 13. ‘I Am No Longer an Artist’: Heritage Film, Dogme 95 and the New Danish Cinema --; 14. Stories of Scandinavian Guilt and Privilege: Transnational Danish Directors --; 15. Danish Television Drama in the Twenty-First Century: New Synergies between Film and Television --; 16. New Danish Screen and The Sketch: The Role of Imposed and Self-Imposed Constraints in Talent Development --; PART IV: DECENTRING AND DIVERSIFYING DANISH CINEMA --; 17. Danish Documentary Production: An All-Female Company --; 18. Welcome to Denmark: Immigrants and Their Descendants in Danish Cinema --; 19. Dirty Films: Grimy Materialism and Ecological Aesthetics --; 20. Regional Film Funds and Production --; 21. ‘Finally, We’re Beginning to Tell Our Own Stories’: Filmmaking in Greenland --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781474461146; 9783110753790; 9783110754032; 9783110754001; 9783110753776; 9783110780406
• DOI: 10.1515/9781474461146
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Pei-Sze Chow, C. Claire Thomson, Isak Thorsen.

The first English-language book to cover Danish cinema from the 1890s to the present dayContextualises the work of renowned filmmakers including Carl Th. Dreyer, Lars von Trier, Thomas Vinterberg, Susanne BierDiscusses national genres and traditions, including popular comedies, heritage film, children’s film, porn, documentary and immigrant filmmakersExamines a range of film institutions and policies, including production companies, state support, talent development, regional film funds and international collaborationsThis wide-ranging collection places well-known auteurs such as Carl Th. Dreyer, Lars von Trier and Susanne Bier in their cultural context, and introduces a number of genres and themes that are less familiar to international audiences, including film stars of the silent era, children’s film, folk comedies, porn film, trends in documentary and Greenlandic cinema. With twenty-two chapters, all of them specially commissioned for this volume, A History of Danish Cinema explores the role of screen representations and film policy in shaping Denmark’s cultural identity, but also emphasises just how internationally mobile Danish films and filmmakers have always been — showcasing this small nation’s extraordinary contribution to world cinema.