8. THE PRIVATE LIFE OF THE PRIME MINISTER? POLITICS, DRAMA AND DOCUMENTARY IN PÄÄMINISTERI AND PALME

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ILLUSTRATIONS viii
4. CONTRIBUTORS x
5. TRADITIONS IN WORLD CINEMA xii
6. INTRODUCTION: NORDIC GENRE FILM AND INSTITUTIONAL HISTORY 1
7. PART 1 HERITAGE CINEMA AND NATIONAL NARRATIVES
8. 1. SIBELIUS AND THE RE-EMERGENCE OF THE GREAT MAN BIOPIC 21
9. 2. WHOSE REPRESSED MEMORIES? MAX MANUS: MAN OF WAR AND FLAME & CITRON (FROM A SWEDE’S POINT OF VIEW) 33
10. 3. VOICES FROM THE PAST – RECENT NORDIC HISTORICAL FILMS 47
11. PART II CRIME AND DETECTIVE NARRATIVES
12. 4. CRIME UP NORTH: THE CASE OF NORWAY, FINLAND AND ICELAND 61
13. 5. THE THRILL OF THE NORDIC KILL: THE MANHUNT MOVIE IN THE NORDIC THRILLER 76
14. 6. BRIDGES AND TUNNELS: NEGOTIATING THE NATIONAL IN TRANSNATIONAL TELEVISION DRAMA 91
15. 7. STOCKHOLM NOIR: NEOLIBERALISM AND GANGSTERISM IN EASY MONEY 104
16. 8. THE PRIVATE LIFE OF THE PRIME MINISTER? POLITICS, DRAMA AND DOCUMENTARY IN PÄÄMINISTERI AND PALME 119
17. PART III NORDIC OPTIMISM: ROAD MOVIES, COMEDIES AND MUSICALS
18. 9. FATHERS AND SONS REUNITED: ROAD MOVIES AS STORIES OF GENERATIONAL CONTINUITY 133
19. 10. THE NORDIC ‘QUIRKY FEEL-GOOD’ 147
20. 11. CONTESTING MARRIAGE: THE FINNISH UNROMANTIC COMEDY 159
21. 12. POWERED BY MUSIC: CONTEMPORARY FILM MUSICALS, NORDIC STYLE 173
22. PART IV NORDIC HORRORS
23. 13. SLASHER IN THE SNOW: THE RISE OF THE LOW-BUDGET NORDIC HORROR FILM 189
24. 14. NORDIC VAMPIRES: STORIES OF SOCIAL EXCLUSION IN NORDIC WELFARE STATES 203
25. PART V GENRE BENDERS
26. 15. A NATIONAL / TRANSNATIONAL GENRE: PORNOGRAPHY IN TRANSITION 217
27. 16. GOING HOLLYWOOD: NORDIC DIRECTORS IN AMERICAN CINEMA 230
28. 17. A CULTURE OF RECIPROCITY: THE POLITICS OF CULTURAL EXCHANGE IN CONTEMPORARY NORDIC GENRE FILM 244
29. INDEX 262