UID:
almafu_9958351941402883
Format:
1 online resource :
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ISBN:
9780231850414
Series Statement:
Directors' Cuts
Content:
Aki Kaurismäki is an enigma, an eminent auteur who claims his films are a joke. Since 1983, Kaurismäki has produced classically-styled films filled with cinephilic references to film history. He has earned an international art-house audience and many prizes, influencing such directors as Jim Jarmusch, Quentin Tarantino, and Wes Anderson. Yet Kaurismäki is often depicted as the loneliest, most nostalgic of Finns (except when he promotes his films, makes political statements, and runs his many businesses). He is also depicted as a bohemian known for outlandish actions and statements. The Cinema of Aki Kaurismäki is the first comprehensive English-language study of this eccentric director. Drawing on revisionist approaches to film authorship, the text links the filmmaker and his films to the stories and issues animating film aesthetics and history, nostalgia, late modernity, politics, commerce, film festivals, and national cinema.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Acknowledgements --
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Introduction --
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1. The Auteur --
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2. The Bohemian --
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3. The Nostalgic --
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4. The Finn --
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Appendix: A Conversation with Aki Kaurismäki --
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Filmography --
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Bibliography --
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Index
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.7312/nest16558
URL:
https://doi.org/10.7312/nest16558
