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Colour (Paperback)
Steven Peacock
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Color remains one of the few uncharted territories in writing about
film style. "Colour "is the first monograph to deal with the close
criticism of film colour across decades and countries. Through
detailed explorations of films such as "Three Colours: White and
The Green Ray," this study offers a way of approaching,
interpreting, and appreciating cinematic color. The book also
considers film's ability to place color in a shifting relationship
with all other points of style including camerawork, editing,
performance, music, and lighting. Accessible and inventive in its
approach, "Colour" invites the reader to see films differently,
providing a fresh perspective of this overlooked element of cinema
aesthetics.
This book is the first to focus on the role of European television
crime drama on the international market. As a genre, the television
crime drama has enjoyed a long and successful career, routinely
serving as a prism from which to observe the local, national and
even transnational issues that are prevalent in society. This
extensive volume explores a wide range of countries, from the US to
European countries such as Spain, Italy, the Scandinavian
countries, Germany, England and Wales, in order to reveal the very
currencies that are at work in the global production and
circulation of the TV crime drama. The chapters, all written by
leading television and crime fiction scholars, provide readings of
crime dramas such as the Swedish-Danish The Bridge, the Welsh
Hinterland, the Spanish Under Suspicion, the Italian Gomorrah, the
German Tatort and the Turkish Cinayet. By examining both European
texts and the ‘European-ness’ of various international dramas,
this book ultimately demonstrates that transnationalism is at the
very core of TV crime drama in Europe and beyond. Â
This book is the first to focus on the role of European television
crime drama on the international market. As a genre, the television
crime drama has enjoyed a long and successful career, routinely
serving as a prism from which to observe the local, national and
even transnational issues that are prevalent in society. This
extensive volume explores a wide range of countries, from the US to
European countries such as Spain, Italy, the Scandinavian
countries, Germany, England and Wales, in order to reveal the very
currencies that are at work in the global production and
circulation of the TV crime drama. The chapters, all written by
leading television and crime fiction scholars, provide readings of
crime dramas such as the Swedish-Danish The Bridge, the Welsh
Hinterland, the Spanish Under Suspicion, the Italian Gomorrah, the
German Tatort and the Turkish Cinayet. By examining both European
texts and the 'European-ness' of various international dramas, this
book ultimately demonstrates that transnationalism is at the very
core of TV crime drama in Europe and beyond.
Swedish Crime Fiction became an international phenomenon in the
first decade of the twenty-first century, starting first with
novels but then percolating through Swedish-language television
serials and films and onto English-language BBC productions and
Hollywood remakes. This book looks at the rich history of
'Scandinavian noir', examines the appeal of this particular genre
and attempts to reveal why it is distinct from the plethora of
other crime fictions.Examining the popularity of Steig Larsson's
international success with his Millennium trilogy, as well as
Henning Mankell's Wallander across the various media, Peacock also
tracks some lesser-known novels and television programmes. He
illustrates how the bleakness of the country's 'noirs' reflects
particular events and cultural and political changes, with the
clash of national characteristics becoming a key feature.It will
appeal to students and researchers of crime fiction and of film and
television studies, as well as the many fans of the novels and
dramatic representations.
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