European Cinema after 1989: Cultural Identity and Transnational Production

200 Pages·2007·4.103 MB·English

by  Luisa Rivi (auth.)

European Cinema after 1989
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European Cinema after 1989
Cultural Identity and
Transnational Production
Luisa Rivi
ISBN 978-1-349-99952-1 ISBN 978-0-230-60928-0 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-0-230-60928-0
European Cinema after 1989: Cultural Identity and Transnational Production
Copyright © Luisa Rivi, 2007.
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Rivi, Luisa, 1958–
European cinema after 1989: cultural identity and transnational production / by Luisa
Rivi.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Motion pictures—Europe—History. I. Title.
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To my father, the first Europeanist, and my mother.
Per mio padre, il primo Europeista, e mia madre.
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ONTENTS
List of Figures ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction: For an Imperfect Europe 1
I Europeanism And and Its Discontents 11
1 The Political Discourse around the European Union: 13
A Supranational Europe
2 The Return of the Repressed: 39
European Cinema and the New Coproductions
II In Search of Unlost Narratives 75
3 Nostalgia as a Weak Utopia for Europe 77
4 Undergroundand the Balkanization of History 91
III Odysseys 109
5 Postcolonial Europe 111
6 Toward a Global European Cinema 137
Notes 143
Bibliography 177
Index 189
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IST OF IGURES
Figure 2.1 No Man’s Landdd: Ciki and Nino in the trench 69
Figure 2.2 No Man’s Landdd: Cera on the bounding mine 71
Figure 3.1 Nostalghia: The Russian wife and the Italian translator 80
Figure 3.2 Nostalghia: Domenico on the equestrian statue 82
of Marcus Aurelius
Figure 3.3 Nostalghia: Andrei and the Russian dacha inside 84
the Italian cathedral
Figure 4.1 Undergrounddd: Marko, Nataljia, and Blacky at 96
Jovan’s wedding, underground
Figure 4.2 Undergrounddd: The island drifting away 104
Figure 5.1 Lamerica: Spiro-Michele and Gino: 117
The exodus from Albania
Figure 5.2 Lamerica: The boat sailing for Italy 121
Figure 5.3 La promesse: Assita and Igor walking to the 124
railway station
Figure 5.4 Code inconnu: The old French Arab, Anne, 127
and the young French Arab on the metro
Figure 5.5 Cachééé: Majid, the Algerian immigrant, 131
and Georges, the French intellectual
Figure 5.6 Cachééé: Majid: “I wanted you to be present.” 133