A History of Danish Cinema

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2021

A History of Danish Cinema

Edited by: C. Claire Thomson , Isak Thorsen and Pei-Sze Chow

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474461146

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About this book

The first English-language book to cover Danish cinema from the 1890s to the present day

Contextualises the work of renowned filmmakers including Carl Th. Dreyer, Lars von Trier, Thomas Vinterberg, Susanne Bier
Discusses national genres and traditions, including popular comedies, heritage film, children’s film, porn, documentary and immigrant filmmakers
Examines a range of film institutions and policies, including production companies, state support, talent development, regional film funds and international collaborations

This wide-ranging collection places well-known auteurs such as Carl Th. Dreyer, Lars von Trier and Susanne Bier in their cultural context, and introduces a number of genres and themes that are less familiar to international audiences, including film stars of the silent era, children’s film, folk comedies, porn film, trends in documentary and Greenlandic cinema. With twenty-two chapters, all of them specially commissioned for this volume, A History of Danish Cinema explores the role of screen representations and film policy in shaping Denmark’s cultural identity, but also emphasises just how internationally mobile Danish films and filmmakers have always been — showcasing this small nation’s extraordinary contribution to world cinema.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Figures Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Notes on Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	xii
Introduction C. Claire Thomson, Isak Thorsen and Pei-Sze Chow Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART I: FROM THE FIRST ‘GOLDEN AGE’ TO THE OCCUPATION
1. Surviving a Crisis: Nordisk Films Kompagni as a World Player Isak Thorsen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
2. Asta & Co.: The Politics of Early Danish Film Stardom Julie K. Allen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	30
3. The European Principle: Art and Border-Crossings in Carl Theodor Dreyer’s Career Casper Tybjerg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
4. Derailed: Danish Film during the German Occupation Lars-Martin Sørensen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
PART II: NATIONAL GENRES
5. The Art of the Popular: The Folkekomedie Tradition Niels Henrik Hartvigson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
6. Social Realism of the 1940s: Between Paternalistic Care and Dignifying Humanism Birger Langkjær Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
7. Imagining Denmark: Danmarksfi lm as Documentary Portraits of a Nation Ib Bondebjerg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
8. Rural Dreams: Landscape, Family, Sexuality and Queerness in Homeland Cinema Niels Henrik Hartvigson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
9. The Olsen Gang in Denmark – And Abroad Stephan Michael Schröder Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	118
10. Making a Life of Your Own: Films for Children and Young People in the 1970s and 1980s Christa Lykke Christensen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	128
11. Pornography and Censorship Isak Thorsen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	140
PART III: AUTEURS AND INSTITUTIONS OF THE NEW GOLDEN AGE
12. Into the Dark Forest: The Cinema of Lars von Trier Peter Schepelern Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
13. ‘I Am No Longer an Artist’: Heritage Film, Dogme 95 and the New Danish Cinema C. Claire Thomson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
14. Stories of Scandinavian Guilt and Privilege: Transnational Danish Directors Meryl Shriver-Rice Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	174
15. Danish Television Drama in the Twenty-First Century: New Synergies between Film and Television Eva Novrup Redvall Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
16. New Danish Screen and The Sketch: The Role of Imposed and Self-Imposed Constraints in Talent Development Mette Hjort Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	200
PART IV: DECENTRING AND DIVERSIFYING DANISH CINEMA
17. Danish Documentary Production: An All-Female Company Anne Jerslev Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
18. Welcome to Denmark: Immigrants and Their Descendants in Danish Cinema Eva Jørholt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	230
19. Dirty Films: Grimy Materialism and Ecological Aesthetics Benjamin Bigelow Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
20. Regional Film Funds and Production Pei-Sze Chow Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	252
21. ‘Finally, We’re Beginning to Tell Our Own Stories’: Filmmaking in Greenland Isak Thorsen and Emile Hertling Péronard Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	277
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	303

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 336
Illustrations
- Other: 40 B/W illustrations
Keywords: Film, Media & Cultural Studies

eBook

Published: April 21, 2022
ISBN: 9781474461146