CIN105Y1 Lecture 23: CIN LECTURE 23, NATION
August 2, 2016
CIN LECTURE 23: FILM & NATION/NATIONAL CINEMA
• A film’s national identity could be determined by any of the following (it can also be
ambiguous)
1) Financing
2) Subject Matter
3) Director and Cast
4) Audiences
• This week’s reading argues that the nation a film belongs to depends on where the
funding comes from (especially where the studio funding is)
• Two issues studied in National Cinema
1. The means by which that nation imagines itself
2. The various means by which it resists Hollywood
• NATION a collectivity based on a number of shared things, the most important of
which are ancestry, language, and cultural heritage
• STATE an institutional structure charged with exercising authority within a definable
and limited jurisdictional purview, which is typically territorial in nature
• Benedict Anderson “Communities are to be distinguished not by their
falsity/genuineness, but by the style in which they are imagined”.
The modern nation-state depends on this definition
Considers the ‘imagined community’, wrote a book called “Imagined
Communities” How is this idea of a shared identity/nationality formed even in
the face of difference (such as race, political views, religion, etc.)?
The nation is seen as “one” when they come together over some kind of
abstract concept (that usually does not affect us in the physical realm) such
as an election, watching popular television shows, the aftermath of
terrorist attacks, etc.
Cinema contributes in a fundamental way in imagining the national
community (it plays a role within the culture industry that helps to create
commonality
• FILM + NATION
“Film has no national boundary”
How does film have some sort of national root? (some are about some kind of
national issues, etc.)
Graph U.S. Market Share of Film Industries in Select Countries (2008)
Hollywood films dominate many foreign screens
American films make up the most significant number of ticket sales in
countries throughout the world
Domestic films are popular in Europe and Asia
However, other foreign films stay within the single-digits percentage of
tickets sold/films viewed
American Hollywood films rarely identify with “Nation”
Considering this, how do other nations compete with the most popular film
industry (Hollywood)?
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Document Summary
The modern nation-state depends on this definition. Considers the imagined community", wrote a book called imagined. Communities how is this idea of a shared identity/nationality formed even in the face of difference (such as race, political views, religion, etc. Cinema contributes in a fundamental way in imagining the national community (it plays a role within the culture industry that helps to create commonality: film + nation . How does film have some sort of national root? (some are about some kind of national issues, etc. ) Graph u. s. market share of film industries in select countries (2008) American films make up the most significant number of ticket sales in countries throughout the world. Domestic films are popular in europe and asia. However, other foreign films stay within the single-digits percentage of tickets sold/films viewed. American hollywood films rarely identify with nation .
