Main entry:

Pike, David L. (David Lawrence), 1963-

Title & Author:

Canadian cinema since the 1980s : at the heart of the world / David L. Pike.

Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c2012.

Description:

xvi, 367 p. : ill., ports. ; 26 cm.

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: what is Canadian cinema and what happened to it at the end of the twentieth century? -- Canadian cinema 1896-1986: invisibility and difference -- The anxiety of influence: David Cronenberg and the Canadian imagination -- Time capsules: the eighties worlds of Denys Arcand and Patricia Rozema -- Crossover icons: the faces of Canadian cinema -- Quebecois auteurs: the new internationalism of Jean-Claude Lauzon, Léa Pool, and Robert Lepage -- Cronenberg's mutant progeny: genre film-making around the turn of the millennium -- The death of the author? The case of Atom Egoyan -- The Canadian mosaic: margins and ethnicities -- Film-making at the heart of the world: Guy Maddin.

Summary:

"Award-winning author David L. Pike offers a unique focus on the crucial quarter-century in Canadian filmmaking when the industry became a viable force on the international stage. Pike provides a lively, personal, and accessible history of the most influential filmmakers and movements of both Anglo-Canadian and Quebecois cinema, from popular movies to art film and everything in between.
Along with in-depth studies of key directors, including David Cronenberg, Patricia Rozema and Denys Arcand, Jean-Claude Lauzon, Robert Lepage, Lea Pool, Atom Egoyan, and Guy Maddin, Canadian Cinema since the 1980s reflects on major themes and genres and explores the regional and cultural diversity of the period. Pike positions Canadian filmmaking at the frontlines of a profound cinematic transformation in the age of global media and presents fresh perspectives on both its local and international contexts. Making a significant advance in the study of the film industry of the period, Canadian Cinema since the 1980s is also an ideal text for students, researchers, and Canadian film enthusiasts."--Pub. desc.

ISBN:

9781442643994 (bound) :
1442643994
9781442612402 (pbk.) :
1442612401

Subject:

Motion pictures Canada History and criticism.
Motion picture producers and directors Canada.
Cinéma Canada Histoire et critique.
Producteurs et réalisateurs de cinéma Canada.
Motion picture producers and directors.
Motion pictures.
Film
Filmwirtschaft
Films.
Regisseurs.
Canada.
Kanada

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 281016
Call No.: PN1993.5.C3 P49 2012
Notes: pbk.
Status: Available