A Companion to Eastern European Cinemas

<i>A Companion to Eastern European Cinemas</i> showcases twenty-five essays written by established and emerging film scholars that trace the history of Eastern European cinemas and offer an up-to-date assessment of post-socialist film cultures.<br /> <br /> <ul> <li>Showcases critical historical work and up-to-date assessments of post-socialist film cultures</li> <li>Features consideration of lesser known areas of study, such as Albanian and Baltic cinemas, popular genre films, cross-national distribution and aesthetics, animation and documentary</li> <li>Places the cinemas of the region in a European and global context</li> <li>Resists the Cold War classification of Eastern European cinemas as “other” art cinemas by reconnecting them with the main circulation of film studies</li> <li>Includes discussion of such films as <i>Taxidermia</i>, <i>El Perro Negro</i>, <i>12:08 East of Bucharest Big Tõll</i>, and <i>Breakfast on the Grass</i> and explores the work of directors including Tamás Almási, Walerian Borowczyk, Roman Polanski, Jerzy Skolimowski, Andrzej ¯u³awski, and Karel Vachek amongst many others</li> </ul>