INTRODUCTION

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ix
4. PREFACE xi
5. NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS xvii
6. INTRODUCTION 1
7. PART I EUROPEAN TRADITIONS
8. 1 German Expressionism 15
9. 2 Italian Neorealism 29
10. 3 The French New Wave 41
11. 4 The British New Wave 52
12. PART II CENTRAL, EASTERN AND NORTHERN EUROPEAN TRADITIONS
13. 5 The Czechoslovak New Wave 67
14. 6 Danish Dogma 80
15. 7 Post-Communist Cinema 95
16. PART III SOUTH AMERICAN TRADITIONS
17. 8 Post-Cinema Novo Brazilian Cinema 117
18. 9 New Argentine Cinema 130
19. PART IV AFRICAN AND MIDDLE EASTERN TRADITIONS
20. 10 Early Cinematic Traditions in Africa 143
21. 11 Israeli Persecution Films 160
22. 12 New Iranian Cinema 176
23. PART V ASIAN TRADITIONS
24. 13 Popular Hindi Cinema and the Film Song 193
25. 14 Chinese Melodrama 203
26. 15 Japanese Horror Cinema 214
27. PART VI AMERICAN AND TRANSNATIONAL TRADITIONS
28. 16 The ‘New’ American Cinema 231
29. 17 The Global Art of Found Footage Cinema 241
30. INDEX 254