INI100H1 Lecture Notes - Cinema Canada
25 Apr 2013
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
So far in this section of the course we have looked at films relationship to certain social movements (feminism, anti-colonial relations). Today, we will look at film and the social formation that is the nation. First, it is hard to determine to which nation a film belongs. For example, a film"s national identity could be determined by any of the following: Financing (a film can be funded by a single country or can be financed by multiple countries, multiple financial sources. Orlando is an example of this; money came in from 5 different countries). Subject matter (orlando has to be called british because one of its most central projects is engaging with british history and to revise british history. ) Personnel (the identity of the film can be associated with the identity of the personnel. Orlando has a british protagonist, a british director, and many other famous british artists. The film"s cinematographer is russian, however, like many of the crewmembers.
