Film Studies: Recent submissions

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    • Framed intimacy : representation of woman in transnational cinemas 

      Pekerman, Serazer (University of St Andrews, 2011) - Thesis
      This study compares independent films from different countries (Turkey, Denmark, Iran and Spain) in a transnational context. Making use of schizoanalytic concepts, it presents an analysis of filmic space in relation to ...

    • Mosaic space and mosaic auteurs : Alejandro González Iñárritu, Atom Egoyan, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Michael Haneke 

      Chen, Yun-Hua (University of St Andrews, 2011) - Thesis
      In this thesis I propose approaching multi-strand films in a way that extends our focus beyond narrative strategy, arguing that the assemblage of narrative threads in fact infers a larger spatial mosaic. In this mosaic, ...

    • Changing pleasures of spectatorship : early and silent cinema in Istanbul 

      Balan, Canan (University of St Andrews, 2010-06) - Thesis
      This project explores a curious facet of early cinema that has not been studied as yet: the relationship between Turkish modernity and the culture of spectatorship within the context of the late nineteenth century’s ...

    • South Korean historical drama : gender, nation and the heritage industry 

      Hwang, Yun Mi (University of St Andrews, 2011-06-24) - Thesis
      From the dynamic landscape of contemporary South Korean cinema, one trend that stands out is the palpable revival of the historical drama (known as the ‘sageuk’ in Korean). Since the early 2000s, expensive, visually striking, ...

    • Russians abroad in postcommunist cinema 

      Kristensen, Lars Lyngsgaard Fjord (University of St Andrews, 2010-07-25) - Thesis
      This study seeks to analyse cinematic representations of Russian characters that are portrayed as existing outside the Russian Federation,or ‘abroad’, by focusing on postcommunist cinema and the way it depicts the changing ...