Informationen zum Autor Doru Pop is an associate professor at Babes Bolyai University in Cluj, Romania, and the author of several books on media, television and cinema studies. He recently taught a course on the Romanian and European New Wave cinema at the Bard College in New York. Klappentext Modern Romanian filmmaking has received wide international recognition. From 2001 to 2011, promising young filmmakers have been embraced as important members of European cinema. The country developed a new fervor for filmmaking and a dozen new movies have received international awards and recognition from some of the most important critics worldwide. This development, sometimes called ""New Wave cinema,"" is fully explored in this book. By using a comparative approach and searching for similarities among cinematic styles and trends, the study reveals that the young Romanian directors are part of a larger, European, way of filmmaking. The discussion moves from specific themes, motifs and narratives to the philosophy of a whole generation, such as Cristi Puiu, Cristian Mungiu, Radu Muntean, Corneliu Porumboiu, Tudor Giurgiu, and others. Zusammenfassung "By searching for similarities among some of the most important cinematic styles and trends! this study reveals that Romanian young directors working after 2000 are part of a larger! European! way of filmmaking. Looking for elements of cohesion! the discussion moves from specific themes! motifs and narratives to the philosophy of a whole generation of filmmakers"-- Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsPreface delete 11. Make Way for the Romanian New Wave delete 72. The Aesthetics of the New Wave Cinema delete 423. Antiheroes: Stories of Marginality delete 744. Cinematic Symptoms and Psychoanalytical Keys delete 1015. Semiological and Iconological Interpretations delete 1306. The Dark Humor of the Romanian Filmmakers delete 1537. Representing Women: Towards a New Cinema delete 1818. The Absent Spectator delete 206References delete 229Index delete 239...

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Doru Pop is an associate professor at Babes Bolyai University in Cluj, Romania, and the author of several books on media, television and cinema studies. He recently taught a course on the Romanian and European New Wave cinema at the Bard College in New York.

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Modern Romanian filmmaking has received wide international recognition. From 2001 to 2011, promising young filmmakers have been embraced as important members of European cinema. The country developed a new fervor for filmmaking and a dozen new movies have received international awards and recognition from some of the most important critics worldwide. This development, sometimes called ""New Wave cinema,"" is fully explored in this book. By using a comparative approach and searching for similarities among cinematic styles and trends, the study reveals that the young Romanian directors are part of a larger, European, way of filmmaking. The discussion moves from specific themes, motifs and narratives to the philosophy of a whole generation, such as Cristi Puiu, Cristian Mungiu, Radu Muntean, Corneliu Porumboiu, Tudor Giurgiu, and others.

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"By searching for similarities among some of the most important cinematic styles and trends, this study reveals that Romanian young directors working after 2000 are part of a larger, European, way of filmmaking. Looking for elements of cohesion, the discussion moves from specific themes, motifs and narratives to the philosophy of a whole generation of filmmakers"--

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Table of Contents

Preface delete 1

1. Make Way for the Romanian New Wave delete 7
2. The Aesthetics of the New Wave Cinema delete 42
3. Antiheroes: Stories of Marginality delete 74
4. Cinematic Symptoms and Psychoanalytical Keys delete 101
5. Semiological and Iconological Interpretations delete 130
6. The Dark Humor of the Romanian Filmmakers delete 153
7. Representing Women: Towards a New Cinema delete 181
8. The Absent Spectator delete 206
   References delete 229
   Index delete 239