FST-3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Cinema Of India, Boiling Point, Westernization
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Early cinemas of asia (very general situation in relative to the west in the beginning of the 20th century) Becoming modern on fast-forward: in asian countries, modernization (a. k. a. Colonial powers (great britain included) fought for control over asia"s wealth of resources, while asian nations struggled to remain sovereign over themselves. Complications: this process resulted in al kinds of conflicts, such as collisions between tradition & modernity, and between eastern & western beliefs, lifestyles, etc. Economic basis as well as a cultural, national pride basis for why film industries erupt and emerge in asia. Japan first: the earliest film industry to emerge in asia was japan. While the local audience appreciated foreign movies, the most popular films were made by. Indian cinema: in 1912-13, the first locally produced indian films appeared, and competed with films from great britain (at the time, india was still a british colony)
