FINE102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Third Cinema, Intertextuality, Film Stock
16 Sep 2016
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World cinema comprises the output of individual national cinemas and frequently is used to describe non-hollywood films. Committed to notion of the director"s unique artistic vision and sensibility. Third cinema: it advocates decolonisation of culture through a counter-cinema. Seeks to address a popular audience, but as political subjects who are part of historical processes rather than consumers. Like 2nd cinema, emphasis on cultural expression and identity. Different forms of documentary, collective production methods. All cinema always in dialogue with hollywood. But cinema outside hollywood can be populist (think of bollywood) A lot of hollywood directors have roots outside of the usa. A lot of world cinema is easier seen in nyc. London, or toronto than in their country of origin. The performance of americanness" is becoming a universal and universalizing characteristic in world cinema. Box-office success of non-western films, especially from the pacific rim, such as ang. Lee"s crouching tiger, hidden dragon or wong kar-wai"s in the mood for love.
