Film Studies 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Cinema Of Quebec, Cinema Of Canada, Independent Film
17 Aug 2016
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Canadian cinema comparisons to hollywood cinema problems of funding, distribution, and exhibition. Cineplex and famous players: largest theatre chains are owned and operated by canadians and show mostly hollywood films and will bump. Canadian films to make room for box office american films. Canadian distributors are responsible for 100% of the content of stats: Major studios do not distribute canadian films. Quebec films do much better at the box office, so just a fraction of these low percentages are. Canadian cinema labeled as back because it is not hollywood cinema. Less accessible in narrative and stylistic forms. Experiment with narrative form and stylistic forms. We look for meaning in the similarities and differences of american vs. Don mckellar: last impact of the hollywood cinema. Came out at a time when 2 big apocalyptic films were released out. Hollywood cinema is a cinema that aims its product at global audiences.
