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Short Films from a Small Nation|C. Claire Thomson

Short Films from a Small Nation : Danish Informational Cinema 1935-1965

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For three decades, state-sponsored short filmmaking educated Danish citizens, promoted Denmark to the world, and shaped the careers of renowned directors like Carl Th. Dreyer. The first book-length study in English of a national corpus of state-sponsored informational film, this book traces how Danish shorts on topics including social welfare, industry, art and architecture were commissioned, funded, produced and reviewed from the inter-war period to the 1960s. Examining the life cycle of a representative selection of films, and discussing their preservation and mediation in the digital age, this book presents a detailed case study of how informational cinema is shaped by, and indeed shapes, its cultural, political and technological contexts.

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  • ISBN-13: 9781474424134
  • ISBN-10: 1474424139
  • Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
  • Publish Date: January 2018
  • Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.2 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
  • Page Count: 240

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