European Cinema

How to define European cinema by characteristics that distinguish it from mainstream Hollywood enables to place divergent national and regional difference on one side and non-European film on the other Zygmunt Bauman writes that the notion of otherness is central to the way in which societies establish identity categories

European cinema vs. Hollywood Premises: European film is not American film The European notion of film, its status and function is essentially different from that of the US Differences: industrial, artistic, political

National cinema, smaller schools Small home market European film Mainstream Hollywood Seen as art National cinema, smaller schools Small home market Small to middle-sized corporations Small-scale, low budget marketing Low volume Nationwide distribution Seen as entertainment Powerfully capitalized industry Large home market Large corporations with shares in all kinds of leisure activities Large-scale marketing High volume Worldwide distribution

Assignment for the next class (05.March, 2019) Compare Plein Soleil (Purple Noon) and The Talented Mr. Ripley in terms of: Their characters (depth of character development, expressiveness, emphases, etc.) Their plot (explicitness, building of the plot, etc.) Their cinematic style Their message/intended purpose Assignments shall be brought to class (either in form of notes or in form of thoughts). There is no need to send them in a written form unless requested otherwise.