Beyond Eastern Noir: Reimaging Russia And Eastern Europe In Nordic Cinemas Hardcover 1

Anna Estera Mrozewicz

The first comprehensive conceptualisation of Russia and neighbouring Eastern Europe in post-1989 Nordic film Addressing representations of Russia and neighbouring Eastern Europe in post-1989 Nordic cinemas, this ground-breaking book investigates their hitherto overlooked transnational dimension. Departing from the dark stereotypes that characterise much of 'Eastern noir', the book presents Russia and Eastern Europe as imagined spaces depicted with a surprisingly rich, but previously neglected cinematic diversity. Cross-disciplinary in its approach, and utilising in-depth case studies of feature films, documentaries and television dramas, such as 'Lilya 4-ever', 'A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence' and 'Occupied', the book presents a variety of perspectives on Russia and Eastern Europe found in the Nordic audio-visual imagination and considers how increasingly transnational affinities have led to a reimagining of Norden's eastern neighbours in contemporary Nordic films. Case studies include: Born American (Renny Harlin, Finland, 1986)Orion's Belt (Ola Solum, Norway, 1985)Maximum Penalty (Tomas Gislason, Denmark, 2000)Occupied (TV series, Norway 2015-)Interrogation (Jorn Donner, Finland, 2009)Burnt by Frost (Knut Erik Jensen, Norway, 1997)Ice Kiss (Knut Erik Jensen, Norway, 2008)Screwed in Tallinn (Tomas Alfredson, Sweden, 1999)Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatjana (Aki Kaurismaki, Finland, 1994)Lilya 4-ever (Lukas Moodysson, Sweden, 2002)Buy Bye Beauty (Pal Hollender, Sweden, 2001)The 3 Rooms of Melancholia (Pirjo Honkasalo, Finland 2004)A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (Roy Andersson, Sweden, 2014)The Cuckoo (Alexandra Rogozkhin, Russia, 2002)Popular Music (Reza Bagher, Sweden, 2004)Upperdog (Sara Johnsen, Norway, 2009)Fight for Existence (TV series, Norway, 2014 15)

9781474418102

English

Edinburgh University Press

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Anna Estera Mrozewicz is a scholar in Scandinavian Studies and Assistant Professor at the Department of Film, Media and Audio-visual Arts, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan. Previously, she pursued post-doctoral studies at the Department of Scandinavian Studies and Linguistics, University of Copenhagen (2010-12). She has published extensively on Danish and Nordic literature and cinema, including Nordic/Eastern European transnational identities and films of Carl Th. Dreyer.

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