Stories between Tears and Laughter

Popular Czech Cinema and Film Critics

Richard Vojvoda (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

194 Seiten

2024
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
978-1-80539-249-1 (ISBN)

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While histories of Czech cinema often highlight the quality of Czechoslovak New Wave films made in the 1960s, post-socialist Czech cinema receives little attention. Through a methodology of historical reception, Stories between Tears and Laughter explores how attitudes towards post-socialist Czech cinema have shifted but still viewed it as popular cinema. By analysing publicity materials, reviews and articles, Richard Vojvoda offers a new perspective on the notions of cultural value and quality that have been shaping the history of post-socialist Czech cinema.

Richard Vojvoda completed his PhD at the University of East Anglia in Norwich. His research interests include contemporary cinema and television cultures, especially processes of negotiation of cultural value.

Introduction: Canons of Czech Cinema

Chapter 1. Negotiating ‘the National’ in Kolya

Chapter 2. Popular Pleasures, Cinema Traditions, and the Invisible Family Film

Chapter 3. ‘Up to Speed?’ Comfort and the Shifting Critical Discourse of Quality

Chapter 4. Cutting Ties with the Term ‘Czech Film’: Genre, Extremity and Canons

Conclusions: Shifting Value of the Retro Film

Erscheinungsdatum	13.12.2023
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-80539-249-2 / 1805392492
ISBN-13	978-1-80539-249-1 / 9781805392491
Zustand	Neuware