Conclusion

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. contents iii
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Preface xi
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. Difficult Beginnings 3
7. 2. Bright Intervals: Romania’s Short-lived Thaw 17
8. 3. Romanian Cinema in the 1970s: Versatility on the Menu 27
9. 4. Dan Piţa: A Filmmaker for All Seasons 47
10. 5. Mircea Daneliuc: Romanian Cinema’s Rebel with a Cause 57
11. 6. The 1989 Moment: Film and History in the Early 1990s 73
12. 7. Through a Glass, Darkly: Lucian Pintilie as Past and Present Role Model 85
13. 8. The Films of Nae Caranfil: A Taste of Turn-of-the-Century Sophisticated Comedy 121
14. 9. Short Films on the Crest of the New Wave 139
15. 10. Less is More: Puiu, Porumboiu, Muntean and the Impact of Romanian Film Minimalism 155
16. 11. The 4, 3, 2 Paradigm: Cristian Mungiu‘s Large-scale Phenomenon 181
17. 12. Making Films for Wider Audiences: Romanian Cinema Turns Global 201
18. 13. Romanian Exilic and Diasporic Cinema: The Case of Radu Gabrea 221
19. Conclusion 231
20. notes 237
21. filmography 251
22. bibliography 258
23. index 265