10. The Last Emperor: Pleasures and Dangers of the Exotic

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction xi
5. PART I. HISTORY AND THEORY
6. 1. The Art Film 1
7. 2. Economic Links 17
8. 3. The Euro-American Art Film: Definition 30
9. 4. The Euro-American Art Film: History 38
10. 5. Cultural Dominance or Cultural Mix 67
11. Part II: Case Studies
12. Introduction 79
13. 6. Art and Commerce in Contempt 83
14. 7. Blow-Up, Swinging London, and the Film Generation 91
15. 8. Pasolini's The Canterbury Tales: The Estrangement of an English Classic 99
16. 9. Paris, Texas, an American Dream 109
17. 10. The Last Emperor: Pleasures and Dangers of the Exotic 117
18. 11. Final Comments 127
19. Notes 131
20. Filmography: Euro-American Art Films 141
21. Bibliography 157
22. Index 161