Publisher Description

European cinema not only occupies a dominant place in film history, it is also a field that has been raising more interest with the expanding work on the transnational. Euro-Visions asks what idea of Europe emerges, is represented and constructed by contemporary European film.Adopting a broad and wide-ranging approach, Euro-Visions mixes political sources, historical documents and filmic texts and offers an integration of policy and economic contexts with textual analysis. Mariana Liz examines costume dramas, biopics and war films, mainstream co-productions and tales of 'Fortress Europe' by renowned auteurs, showing how films from different European nations depict and contribute to the formation of the idea of Europe. Case studies include Girl with a Pearl Earring, La Vie en Rose, Black Book, Good Bye Lenin!, Match Point and The Silence of Lorna.

Author Biography

Mariana Liz completed a PhD at King's College London in 2012. She has taught at King's and Queen Mary, University of London, and at the University of Leeds, UK (2013-2016). She is the author of Euro-Visions (2016) and co-editor of The Europeanness of European Cinema (2015). Her edited collection Global Portuguese Cinema is in production. She has published on contemporary European cinema and Portuguese film in Studies in European Cinema and the Journal of Romance Studies, among others. She is currently a post-doctoral fellow at the Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon, in Portugal, where she conducts research on European cities, cinema and branding.

Table of Contents

IntroductionChapter 1: The Idea of EuropeChapter 2: Europe: History of an IdeaChapter 3: The EU's definition of EuropeThe European Film Industry and the MEDIA ProgrammeChapter 4: The European Film IndustryChapter 5: The MEDIA ProgrammeHistory and Memory in Contemporary European CinemaChapter 6: Celebrating Europe's HeritageChapter 7: Remembering the WarChapter 8: Revolution, Politics and Social Change in Post-war EuropeThis is EuropeChapter 9: European Cities and Filmic Representations of Urban SpaceChapter 10: Urban Dystopias and 'State-of-the-Nation' FilmsConclusion: The Idea of Europe in Contemporary Cinema

Review

Euro-Visions constitutes an important overview of the EU's engagement in the transnational distribution of European film since its formation. It is especially useful for readers wanting to explore the role of European policy-making in the constitution of a transnational idea of Europe. * Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television *
Euro-visions is undoubtedly a timely addition to the literature on European cinema, addressing many of the key issues on contemporary European film, identity and policy. * Studies in European Cinema *
The ongoing importance of Liz's topic remains guaranteed ... [An] economical, often insightful work. * EuropeNow *
Mariana Liz's Euro-Visions undertakes the ambitious but necessary task of offering readers a multifaceted analysis of the evolution of the European Union, its political, economic, and cultural policies in which MEDIA (Measures to Encourage the Development of the Audio-Visual Industry) plays a significant, if also, a contentious role. * Marcia Landy, Distinguished Professor Emerita of English/Film Studies, French and Italian Languages and Literatures Department, the University of Pittsburgh, USA *
In Euro-Visions, the many strands of European cinema come together — concepts and narratives, genres and styles, industry matters and economic concerns. Building on the dialectical interplay of the itinerant and the stagnant, Mariana Liz guides the reader on a filmic journey against the diverse backdrop of Europe's ideological and representational complexity. * Dina Iordanova, Professor of Global Cinema and Creative Cultures, University of St Andrews, UK *

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Examines the meaning of Europe in contemporary art-house and popular films from across the continent.

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Mariana Liz's Euro-Visions undertakes the ambitious but necessary task of offering readers a multifaceted analysis of the evolution of the European Union, its political, economic, and cultural policies in which MEDIA (Measures to Encourage the Development of the Audio-Visual Industry) plays a significant, if also, a contentious role.

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Examines the meaning of Europe in contemporary art-house and popular films from across the continent.

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Offers a comprehensive analysis of European cinema at the turn of the century, contributing to growing research on Europe and the transnational

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