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Scotland : global cinema : genres, modes and identities / David Martin-Jones Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, c2010.
Call No: 71(411) MARAuthor: Martin-Jones, David Source: UKPlace: EdinburghPublisher: Edinburgh University PressPubDate: c2010PhysDes: ix, 254 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cmSubject: UNITED KINGDOM : SCOTLAND ; SCOTLAND IN FILMS ; LOCATION SHOOTING. SCOTLAND ; LANDSCAPES IN FILMS. SCOTLAND ; AE FOND KISS (UK, Ken Loach, 2004) ; AMERICAN COUSINS (UK, Don Coutts, 2003) ; BEAUTIFUL CREATURES (UK, Bill Eagles, 2000) ; CARLA'S SONG (UK/GG/SP, Kenneth Loach, 1996) ; DANNY THE DOG (FR/UK/US, Louis Leterrier, 2004) ; UNLEASHED (FR/UK/US, Louis Leterrier, 2004) ; DOG SOLDIERS (UK/LU, Neil Marshall, 2001) ; FESTIVAL (UK, Annie Griffin, 2005) ; GOVERNESS, THE (US, Sandra Goldbacher, 1998) ; GREGORY'S TWO GIRLS (UK/GG, Bill Forsyth, 1999) ; KANDUKONDIAN KANDUKONDAIN (II, Rajiv Menon, 2000) ; KUCH KUCH HOTA HAI (II, Karan Johar, 1998) ; LOCH NESS (UK, John Henderson, 1996) ; NINA'S HEAVENLY DELIGHTS (UK, Pratibha Parmar, 2006) ; PYAAR ISHQ AUR MOHABBAT (II, Rajiv Raj, 2001) ; RED ROAD (UK/DK, Andrea Arnold, 2006) ; SECRET OF THE LOCH, THE (UK, Milton Rosmer, 1934) ; SOFT TOP HARD SHOULDER (UK, Stefan Schwartz, 1993) ; TICKETS (UK/IT/IR, Abbas Kiarostomi/Ken Loach/Ermanno Olmi, 2005) ; WATER HORSE: LEGEND OF THE DEEP, THE (US/UK, Jay Russell, 2007) ; WILD COUNTRY (UK, Craig Strachan, 2005) ; WOMEN TALKING DIRTY (US, Coky Giedroyc, 1999) ; YOUNG ADAM (UK/FR, David Mackenzie, 2003) Summary: 'Scotland: Global cinema is the first book to focus on the explosion of filmmaking in Scotland in the 1990s and 2000s. It explores the various cinematic fantasies of Scotland created by contemporary filmmkers from all over the world - including Scotland, England, France, the United States, and India who braved the weather to shoot in Scotland.
This book provides analysis of ten different genres and modes prevalent in the 1990s/2000s: the comedy, road movie, Bollywood extravaganza, (Loch Ness) monster movie, horror film, costume drama, gangster flick, social realist melodrama, female friendship/US indie movie, and art cinema.' - TAKEN FROM BACK COVERISBN: 9780748633920Donation: donated by Senses of Cinema, 2013Contents: 1. Comedy: Global/Local Identities / Gregory's Two Girls (1999), Festival (2005) -- 2. Road Movie: Scotland in the World / Soft Top, Hard Shoulder (1993), Carla's Song (1996), Tickets (2005) -- 3. Bollywood: Non-Resident Indian-Scotland / Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000), Pyaar Ishq aur Mohabbat (2001), Nina's Heavenly Delights (2006) -- 4. (Loch Ness) Monster Movie: A Return to Primal Scotland / The Secret of the Loch (1934), Loch Ness (1996), The Water Horse (2007) -- 5. Horror Film: History Hydes in the Highlands / Dog Soldiers (2002), Wild Country (2005) -- 6. Costume Drama: From Men in Kilts to Developing Diasporas / The Governess (1998), 7. Gangster Film: Glasgow's Transnational Identities / American Cousins (2003), Danny the Dog (2005) -- 8. Social Realist Melodrama: Middle-class Minorities and Floundering Fathers / Ae Fond Kiss (2004), On a Clear Day (2005) -- 9. Female Friendship/US Indie: Women Talking / Women Talking Dirty (1999), Beautiful Creatures (2000) -- 10. Art Cinema: The Global Limits of Cinematic Scotland / Red Road (2006), Young Adam (2003)
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