From Moscow to Madrid
Author | : Ewa Mazierska |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 2002-10-24 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780857712776 |
ISBN-13 | : 0857712772 |
Rating | : 4/5 (76 Downloads) |
Download or read book From Moscow to Madrid written by Ewa Mazierska and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2002-10-24 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Travelling from Warsaw to Blackpool, Marseilles to Madrid, this lively and accessible book investigates the postmodern nature of contemporary Europe's urban life and cinema and shows how European films represent the cities across old and new Europe. Interdisciplinary in approach, the text engages with diverse films, including "Luna Park", "Run, Lola, Run", "Trainspotting", "Wonderland" and many more. It tackles the issues of postmodernity raised by these films and the changes wrought in European cities since the 1980s under the effects of political change, from the post-communist era in Moscow and Berlin to the effects of Thatcherism in Edinburgh and London.