Film Studies Theses: Recent submissions
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Bollywood on Bollywood : intertextuality and the rise of digital participatory culture
(2020-12-02) - ThesisThis thesis examines how postmillennial intertextual Bollywood films anticipate audiences’ cinephilic knowledge of and familiarity with the aesthetics of Hindi popular cinema and its stars. I argue that while the use of ... -
Pushing the boundaries : the development of film industries in the Gulf countries from 2004 to 2017
(2021-06-18) - ThesisThe main purpose of the thesis is to provide an analytical view of the current trends within the Gulf film industries, focusing specifically on the period between 2004 to 2017. During this period, the Gulf film industries ... -
Film festivalisation : the rise of the film festival in the UK's postindustrial cities
(University of St Andrews, 2020-12-02) - ThesisThis study presents an examination of three diverse film festivals that are based in postindustrial cities in the UK. It takes the view that all film festivals are intrinsically bound to and affected by their host location. ... -
Making meaning of Laurence Olivier : reading queer sensibilities in his Hollywood performances, 1939-1960
(University of St Andrews, 2021-12-01) - ThesisBetween 1939 and 1940, British actor Laurence Olivier broke new ground as a film actor and star in a sequence of landmark performances in classical Hollywood cinema: as a tortured Heathcliff in ‘Wuthering Heights’ (William ... -
Watch and learn : film and the British educational life 1895-1910
(2024-06-10) - ThesisThis thesis examines the relationship between film and education in Britain before 1910 and comprehends the impact of moral, religious, and disciplinary instructional cultures on the British film industry. Equally, the ...