Film Studies: Recent submissions
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From the astonished spectator to the spectator in movement : exhibition advertisements in 1920s Germany and Austria
(2014-08-01) - Journal articleLorsque les foires commerciales, phénomène nouveau et en voie de professionnalisation, se sont répandues après la première guerre mondiale dans des villes telles que Vienne, Francfort, Berlin et Düsseldorf, elles se sont ... -
Chronicle of a quest : silence after killing
(2015) - Journal articleAfter the “flamboyant fever dream” and ontological experimentations of The Act of Killing (2013), Joshua Oppenheimer’s latest film, The Look of Silence comes as something of a shock. A poetic, intimate film, it relies on ... -
Projecting peripheries : allegories of marginality in post-communist Romanian cinema
(University of St Andrews, 2015-06-25) - ThesisThis thesis addresses aspects of Romanian society and cinema, by analyzing post-communist films through the perspective of marginality. The central hypothesis of this study refers to the ways in which films illustrate ... -
Once upon a time outside the West : rethinking the western in global contexts
(University of St Andrews, 2014-05-13) - ThesisThis project argues for rethinking the western as a global genre, rather than one rooted in a particular construction of the American West. First, by considering the western's global origins through an examination of early ... -
Cosmetic Japaneseness : cultural erasure and cultural performance in Japanese film exports (2000-2010)
(University of St Andrews, 2014-06-26) - ThesisSince the introduction of film to Japan in the 1890s, Japanese cinema has been continually influenced by transnational processes of film production, distribution, promotion, and reception. This has led inevitably to questions ...