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Nordic national cinemas

Nordic National Cinemas explores the film histories and cultures of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, tracing the twentieth-century development of each country's domestic film production and cinema audiences. The authors discuss the place in cinema history both of such internationally-renowned figures as Mauritz Stiller, Victor Sjostrom, Carl Dreyer and Ingmar Bergman, directors of classics such as Vampyr, Ordet, Wild Strawberries and Cries and Whispers, and of nationally important filmmakers such as August Blom, Bodil Ipsen, Lau Lauritzen and Nils Malmros. They also discuss contemporary filmmakers such as Gabriel Axel, director of Babette's Feast, the Kaurismaki brothers, directors of The Match Factory Girl and The Leningrad Cowboys and the recently-acclaimed Lars Von Trier, director of Breaking the Waves . In discussing the film culture of each country, each section considers three specific questions: state control and support of film production; the cultural characteristics of Nordic film which both unify and define each country; film production, content and form. In a final chapter, the authors assess the direction and future of the Nordic cinemas.

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