FILM 1400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Cultural Imperialism, Dictionary, Goldberg Variations
4 Apr 2016
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-- what is a nation: benedict anderson: an imagined political community who share interests with people who they do not necessarily know, leach: the nation exists because people believe that they belong to it. Nationhood as a colonial structure: tradition is the illusion of permanence. woody allen. What is national cinema: traditional definition films produced within a particular nation-state. , higson and leach question this unified, stable definition of national cinema, accusing it to be too simplistic. National cinema is strategically constructed: economically, internationally/domestically, culturally. Economic structures: modes of production, modes of distribution, modes of exhibition. Production: primarily funded through public national institutions: telefilm, nfb, cbc often funded from a combination of sources. Distribution: predominantly influenced the international film festival circuit. Domestic: language divide: anglo vs. francophone, domestically: comparisons to hollywood and the notion that we are hollywood north. , internationally: hollywood comes to canada to shoot films becomes a part of the economics our industry.
