The Danish directors : dialogues on a contemporary national cinema

Profiling the canonized figures alongside recently-established filmmakers, this collection features interviews with Lars von Trier, Sooren Kragh-Jacobsen, Thomas Vinterberg and Henning Carlsen among many others. It poses questions that engage with ongoing and controversial issues within film studies, which will stimulate debate in academic and filmgoing circles alike. Each interview is preceded by a photograph of the director, biographical information, and a filmography. Frame enlargements are used throughout to help clarify particular points of discussion and the book as a whole is contextualised by an informative general introduction. A valuable addition to the growing library of books on Scandinavian film, national cinema and minority cinema. Profiling the canonized figures alongside recently-established filmmakers, this collection features interviews with Lars von Trier, Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, Thomas Vinterberg and Henning Carlsen among many others. It poses questions that engage with ongoing and controversial issues within film studies, which will stimulate debate in academic and filmgoing circles alike. Each interview is preceded by a photograph of the director, biographical information, and a filmography. Frame enlargements are used throughout to help clarify particular points of discussion and the book as a whole is contextualised by an informative general introduction. A valuable addition to the growing library of books on Scandinavian film, national cinema and minority cinema. In response to the resurgence of Danish film, this book presents a collection of indepth interviews with 19 of Denmark's finest filmmakers. Profiling the canonized figures alongside recentlyestablished filmmakers, this collection features interviews with Lars von Trier, Søren KraghJacobsen, Thomas Vinterberg and Henning Carlsen among many others. It poses questions that engage with ongoing and controversial issues within film studies, which will stimulate debate in academic and filmgoing circles alike. Each interview is preceded by a photograph of the director, biographical information, and a This collection profiles canonized figures alongside recently-established filmmakers, featuring interviews with Lars von Trier, Thomas Vinterberg and more. It poses questions that engage with issues within film studies to stimulate debate. Each interview is preceded by the director’s photograph, biographical information and filmography. Front Cover......Page 1 Preliminaries......Page 2 Contents......Page 4 List of Figures......Page 5 Acknowledgements......Page 6 David Bordwell......Page 7 Danish Cinema: A Small Nation in a Global Culture - Mette Hjort and Ib Bondebjerg......Page 9 Four Generations of Danish Directors - Ib Bondebjerg and Mette Hjort......Page 24 Front Cover 1 Preliminaries 2 Contents 4 List of Figures 5 Acknowledgements 6 Preface 7 David Bordwell 7 Danish Cinema: A Small Nation in a Global Culture - Mette Hjort and Ib Bondebjerg 9 Four Generations of Danish Directors - Ib Bondebjerg and Mette Hjort 24 When Gabriel Axel, the first and eldest representative of Danish directors to be included in this volume, made his debut as a film director with Nothing but Trouble (Altid Ballade, 1955) Lars von Trier was not even born. Profiling the canonised figures alongside younger filmmakers, this text features interviews with Lars von Trier, Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, Thomas Vinterberg, Bille August and Henning Carlsen among many others