Global Cinematic Cities

New Landscapes of Film and Media

Johan Andersson, Lawrence Webb, Johan Andersson, Lawrence Webb

• Publisher: WallFlower Press
• Year: 2016
• eBook ISBN: 9780231850995
• Topic: Media & Performing Arts
• Subtopic: Film & Video

Cinema and audiovisual media are integral to the culture, economy and social experience of the contemporary global city. But how has the relationship between cinema and the urban environment evolved in the era of digital technology, new media and globalization? And what are the critical tools and concepts with which we can grasp this vital interconnection between space and screen, viewer and built environment? Engaging with a rapidly transforming urban world, the contributions to this collection rethink the 'cinematic city' at a global scale. By presenting a global constellation of screen cities within one volume, the book encourages juxtapositions and comparisons across the North and South to capture the global city and its dynamics of exchange, hybridity, and circulation. The contributions examine film and screen cultures in a range of locations spanning five continents: Antibes, Beijing, Buenos Aires, Busan, Cairo, Caracas, Copenhagen, Jakarta, Kolkata, Lagos, Los Angeles, Malmö, Manila, Mumbai, Nairobi, Paris, Seoul, Sète, and Shanghai. The chapters address topics that range across the contemporary film and media landscape, from popular cinema, art cinema, and film festivals to serial television, public screens, multimedia installations, and video art.

Contributors: Chris Berry, Yomi Braester, Jinhee Choi, Pei-Sze Chow, Thomas Elsaesser, Malini Guha, Jonathan Haynes, Will Higbee, Igor Krstic, Christian B. Long, Joanna Page, Lawrence Webb.

INDEX

Page numbers refer to the print edition but are hyperlinked to the appropriate location in the e-book.

Abdellatif, Kechiche 12, 21, 203, 208

Act of Killing, The 41

Adventures of Goopy and Bagha, The 119

aesthetic: aesthetic of decay 112; aesthetics of intermediality 10; aesthetic perception of slum 190; aesthetic practices 3; noir-esque visual aesthetics 223; Nollywood aesthetics 73; Nordic Noir aesthetic 9, 38; politicised aesthetic 208; retro aesthetics 105; vertical aesthetic 124

affinitive transnationalism 38, 40

Africa 10, 59–61, 63–5, 71, 194n.5, 202, 235; Africa Magic 65–6; French North Africa 202; neoliberalism in West Africa 9; North African diaspora 207, 211; North African immigrant 201, 211; South Africa 63, 65–6, 184; Sub-Saharan Africa 206–7

Ai Weiwei 11, 159, 170–1, 173

Ajeossi see Man from Nowhere, The

Alone Together 83

Althusser, Louis 148

Ameur-Zaimeche, Rabah 12, 204–8, 211, 216n.7

Amores perros 23

Amsterdam 21, 29

Amsterdam Global Village 21

Anderson, Benedict 37

Anderson, Wes 104

Annie Hall 97–8, 100–1

Apartment, The 100

Argentina 79–81

Audiard, Jacques 12, 204, 211–13

audience: African diasporic audiences 9, 70; Africa magic audience 65; cinephile audience 205; diasporic audiences 5, 9; domestic audiences 38; expatriate Nigerian audiences 65; global audience 12, 48, 250n.1; mass audience 249; ...

Table of contents

• Cover 
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents 
• Notes on Contributors
• Introduction: Decentring the Cinematic City – Film and Media in the Digital Age
• Transnational Screen Cities
• Global City Imaginaries
• Public Screens And New Media Landscapes
• New Narrative Topographies
• Index