1. Beyond Modernity: The Stylistic Divide and the New Romanian Cinema

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. List of Figures viii
4. Notes on the Contributors x
5. Acknowledgements xiv
6. Traditions in World Cinema xvi
7. Introduction 1
8. PART I. MODERNISM/MINIMALISM
9. 1. Beyond Modernity: The Stylistic Divide and the New Romanian Cinema 23
10. 2. Minimalism in the New Romanian Cinema: Absent, Omnipresent or Misjudged? 36
11. 3. No Melo: Minimalism and Melodrama in the New Romanian Cinema 50
12. PART II. INTERMEDIALITY/INTERTEXTUALITY
13. 4. ‘Exhibited Space’ and Intermediality in the Films of Corneliu Porumboiu 65
14. 5. Filming the Camera: Reflexivity and Reenactment in Reconstruction and Niki and Flo 80
15. 6. Ephemeral History and Enduring Celluloid: Cinematic Reality and Theatricality in Nae Caranfil’s Films 93
16. 7. Remediation and Minimalism in New Romanian Cinema: The Example of Cristi Puiu 107
17. PART III. ETHICS/NEW AESTHETICS
18. 8. Authenticity in New Romanian Cinema: ‘Ethics and Aesthetics Are One’ 123
19. 9. The Square and the Screen: The Ethical Dimension of the New Romanian Cinema 137
20. 10. Beyond the Hills and Austerity Politics 151
21. PART IV. GENDER/GENRE
22. 11. Woman Films: Body and Will 167
23. 12. Traces of Genre in New Romanian Cinema: A Narrow Path for a Small Entity? 180
24. PART V. NATIONAL/PLACE AND TRANSNATIONAL/SPACE
25. 13. Kitchen Encounters: Scenes of Face-to-face Dialogue in Films of the New Romanian Cinema 197
26. 14. New Romanian Cinema: Geography and Identity 211
27. 15. The ‘Transnational Turn’: New Urban Identities and the Transformation of Contemporary Romanian Cinema 225
28. PART VI. HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
29. 16. Historical Overview of Romanian Cinema 243
30. Combined Bibliography 283
31. Filmography of the New Romanian Cinema 297
32. General Filmography 303
33. Index of Authors and Film Titles 312
34. Index of Terms and Concepts 316