"Taking a transnational approach to the study of contemporary genre production, Nordic genre film discusses a range of internationally celebrated examples from the increasingly popular 'Nordic noir' genre, from TV shows and films ... to high concept 'video generation' productions .... Conceptualising Nordic genre film as an industrial and cultural phenomenon, other contributions focus on road movies, the horror film, autobiographical films, the quirky comedy, musicals, historical epics and pornography." --Back cover. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
A culture of reciprocity : the politics of cultural exchange in contemporary Nordic genre film / Pietari Kääpä. Part V. Heritage cinema and national narratives -- Sibelius and the re-emergence of the great man biopic / Kimmo Laine -- Whose repressed memories? Max Manus: man of war and Flame & citron (from a Swede's point of view) / Erik Hedling -- Voices from the past : recent Nordic historical films / Gunnar Iversen -- Part II. Crime and detective narratives -- Crime up north : the case of Norway, Finland and Iceland / Björn Ægir Norðfjörð -- The thrill of the Nordic kill : the manhunt movie in the Nordic thriller / Rikke Schubart -- Bridges and tunnels : negotiating the national in transnational television drama / Anders Wilhelm Åberg -- Stockholm noir : neoliberalism and gangsterism in Easy money / Michael Tapper -- The private life of the prime minister? Politics, drama and documentary in Pääministeri and Palme / Anneli Lehtisalo -- Part III. Nordic optimism : road movies, comedies and musicals -- Fathers and sons reunited : road movies as stories of generrational continuity / Tommi Römpötti -- The Nordic "quirky feel-good" / Ellen Rees -- Contesting marriage : the Finnish unromantic comedy / Jaakko Seppälä -- Powered by music : contemporary film musicals, Nordic style / Ann-Kristin Wallengren -- Part IV. Nordic horrors -- Slasher in the snow : the rise of the low-budget Nordic horror film / Tommy Gustafsson -- Nordic vampires : stories of social exclusion in Nordic welfare states / Outi Hakola -- Part V. Genre benders -- A national/transnational genre : pornography in trasnsition / Mariah Larsson -- Going Hollywood : Nordic directors in American cinema / Arne Lunde -- A culture of reciprocity : the politics of cultural exchange in contemporary Nordic genre film / Pietari Kääpä.
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