Kevin Dwyer

Beyond Casablanca

M.A. Tazi and the Adventure of Moroccan Cinema

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The interviews are framed, variously, by presentations of Moroccan history, society, and culture; the role of foreign filmmakers in Morocco; thematic discussions of cinematic issues (such as narrative techniques, the use of symbols, film as an expression of identity, and problems of censorship); and the global context of Third World filmmaking.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 433
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. November 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 238mm x 158mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 753g
• ISBN-13: 9780253217196
• ISBN-10: 0253217199
• Artikelnr.: 13709920

Autorenporträt

Kevin Dwyer is Professor of Anthropology at the American University in Cairo. He is author of Moroccan Dialogues: Anthropology in Question and Arab Voices: The Human Rights Debate in the Middle East. He lives in Cairo.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Third World, Many Worlds
1. The Most Successful Moroccan Film Ever
Interlude: Film's Power and Function
2. Building the National Cinema, Building a Career
Interlude: A First Feature-The Big Trip (1981)
3. Huston, Wise, Coppola, Camus and Pasolini, Scorsese and Some Others
4. Badis (1989)
Interlude: How to Tell a Story-Narrative and Symbols
5. The Other Side of the Wind, Almost
Interlude: Lalla Hobby-The Film
6. Reflections and Projections
Conclusion: Future Flights of the Bumblebee
Notes
Bibliography
Chronology
Index