National and Beyond : The Globalisation of Finnish Cinema in the Films of Aki and Mika Kaurismaeki.
Title:
National and Beyond : The Globalisation of Finnish Cinema in the Films of Aki and Mika Kaurismaeki.
Author:
Kaeaepae, Pietari.
ISBN:
9783035300345
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (302 pages)
Series:
New Studies in European Cinema ; v.12
New Studies in European Cinema
Contents:
Contents -- Introduction 1 -- Chapter 1: The cultural context of the Kaurismäkis: Finnish films for Finnish people? 13 -- Part 1: Developing post-national forms of cinema, 1981-1985 29 -- Chapter 2: Displaced souls lost in Finland: the Kaurismäkis' films as the cinema of the marginalised 31 -- Chapter 3: Between convergence and divergence: the transvergent cinemas of Aki and Mika Kaurismäki 71 -- Part 2: Life in a capitalist welfare state: marginal hope and dystopian prophecies 101 -- Chapter 4: Socio-economic exclusion and the fragmented individual: Aki Kaurismäki's 'proletarian trilogy' and Hamlet Liikemaailmassa 103 -- Chapter 5: Mika Kaurismäki's 'life-politics trilogy': post-nationalism between the welfare state and global capitalism 129 -- Part 3: The international adventures of the Kaurismäkis 147 -- Chapter 6: The search for post-national stability: Mika Kaurismäki's international films, 1987-1990 149 -- Chapter 7: The problems of post-national integration: Aki Kaurismäki's international films, 1989-1992 171 -- Part 4: Transnational travel and the difficulty of 'home': projecting the post-national condition for an EU-integrated Finland 201 -- Chapter 8: A return to home? Aki Kaurismäki's Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses, Total Balalaika Show and Pidä Huivistasi Kiinni Tatjana 203 -- Chapter 9: A farewell to Finland: Mika Kaurismäki's The Last Border and Tigrero 225 -- Conclusion: Rethinking the cultural nation 253 -- Bibliography 263 -- Filmography 279 -- Index 285.
Abstract:
The films of Aki and Mika Kaurismaeki are part of a globalising Finnish cinema, challenging conventional parameters at every turn. This work examines the films that the Kaurismaekis produced, individually and in collaboration, between 1981 and 1995 - films which mobilise various methods to reflect, criticise, counteract and contribute to the globalisation of Finnish society in the era of late capitalist development. This work provides an in-depth analysis of these films, exploring the aesthetic and narrative content of the films as well as their production and reception in Finland. The theoretical scope of the work situates the films not only in the field of transnational cinema, but also that of 'post-national' cinema. Exploring the Kaurismaekis' films in a post-national framework points to new, emergent understandings of both the fragility and the persistence of national culture and identity in a globalising world.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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