Positioning Art Cinema: Film and Cultural Value King Geoff
Positioning Art Cinema: Film and Cultural Value King Geoff Art cinema occupies a space in the film landscape that is accorded a particular kind of value. But how is art cinema positioned in the film…
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Positioning Art Cinema: Film and Cultural Value King Geoff
Art cinema occupies a space in the film landscape that is accorded a particular kind of value. But how is art cinema positioned in the film marketplace, or by critics and in academic analysis? From films that claim the status of harsh realism to others which embody aspects of the tradition of modernism or the poetic, art cinema encompasses a variety of work from across the globe.
This book offers a unique analysis of how such processes work, including the broader cultural basis of the appeal of art cinema to particular audiences.Geoff King argues that there is no single definition of art cinema, but a number of distinct and recurrent tendencies are identified. Exactly what kinds of cultural value are attributed to films of this type and how can this be explained? At one end of the spectrum are films accorded the most 'heavyweight' status, offering the greatest challenges to