European Cinema After 1989 : Cultural Identity and Transnational Production

This book brings post-Berlin Wall Europe and European cinema to full visibility and into the fray of current debates on cultural identity, transnational cinema, and postcolonialism. It presents new ways of reading post-1989 European film policy in relation to culture, ways that are crucial to rethinking Europe in its geopolitical and symbolic configuration. In particular, it addresses how the neglected strategies of coproduction articulate a supranational Europe and redefine European identity. By drawing on contemporary political, cultural, and philosophical discourses, Rivi offers pointed analyses of some of the recent most significant European films like __Nostalghia__, __Underground,__ __Land and Freedom__, __No Man’s Land__, __Lamerica,__ __La promesse__, __Code inconnu__ and __Caché__. This Book Brings Post-berlin Wall Europe And European Cinema To Full Visibility And Into The Fray Of Current Debates On Cultural Identity, Transnational Cinema, And Postcolonialism. It Presents New Ways Of Reading Post-1989 European Film Policy In Relation To Culture, Ways That Are Crucial To Rethinking Europe In Its Geopolitical And Symbolic Configuration. In Particular, It Addresses How The Neglected Strategies Of Coproduction Articulate A Supranational Europe And Redefine European Identity. By Drawing On Contemporary Political, Cultural, And Philosophic Discourses, Rivi Offers Pointed Analyses Of Some Of The Recent Most Significant European Films Like Nostalgia, Underground, Land And Freedom, No Man's Land, Lamerica, La Promesse, Code Inconnu And Cache.--jacket. Introduction : For An Imperfect Europe -- Political Discourse Around The European Union : Supranational Europe -- Return Of The Repressed : European Cinema And The New Coproductions -- Nostalgia As A Weak Utopia For Europe -- Underground And The Balkanization Of History -- Postcolonial Europe -- Toward A Global European Cinema. Luisa Rivi. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [145]-187) And Index. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 8 List of Figures......Page 10 Acknowledgments......Page 12 Introduction: For an Imperfect Europe......Page 14 I: Europeanism and Its Discontents......Page 24 1 The Political Discourse around the European Union: A Supranational Europe......Page 26 2 The Return of the Repressed: European Cinema and the New Coproductions......Page 52 II: In Search of Unlost Narratives......Page 88 3 Nostalgia as a Weak Utopia for Europe......Page 90 4 Underground and the Balkanization of History......Page 104 III: Odysseys......Page 122 5 Postcolonial Europe......Page 124 6 Toward a Global European Cinema......Page 152 Notes......Page 158 Bibliography......Page 190 B......Page 202 E......Page 203 G......Page 204 L......Page 205 P......Page 206 S......Page 207 Z......Page 208 This book brings post-Berlin Wall Europe and European cinema to full visibility and into the fray of current debates on cultural identity, transnational cinema, and postcolonialism. It presents new ways of reading post-1989 European film policy in relation to culture, ways that are crucial to rethinking Europe in its geopolitical and symbolic configuration. In particular, it addresses how the neglected strategies of coproduction articulate a supranational Europe and redefine European identity. By drawing on contemporary political, cultural, and philosophical discourses, Rivi offers pointed analyses of some of the recent most significant European films like Nostalghia , Underground, Land and Freedom , No Man’s Land , Lamerica, La promesse , Code inconnu and Caché . The book examines cinema in post-1989 Europe by looking at how the new post-Cold War cinematographic co-productions articulate the political and cultural objectives of a new Europe as they redefine a European identity. Brings post-1989 Europe and European cinema to full visibility and into the fray of contemporary debates on nationalism, postcolonialism, globalization and transnational cinema