World Film Locations

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Intellect Books
15 November 2013

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Series: World Film Locations

Prague, the “Hollywood of the East,” has played an important role in the history of cinema and World Film Locations: Prague traverses the city’s topography to examine an internationally diverse range of movies made in the Czech capital: landmark early films such as Ecstasy, controversial due to the female nudity that catapulted Hedy Lamarr into stardom in the United States; Steven Soderbergh’s biopic Kafka, starring Jeremy Irons; adaptations of Kafka’s literary works such as The Trial, with a screenplay by Harold Pinter and starring Anthony Hopkins; and action blockbusters like Mission Impossible, The Bourne Identity, and Casino Royale. Exploring legendary Prague landmarks as they appear onscreen—including the Charles Bridge, Old Town, Malá Strana, Liechtenstein Palace, Wenceslas Square, and Prague Castle—the book also discusses the intersection of the capital city and its cinematic representations; Prague and the Czech New Wave; the iconic Barrandov Studios; and the impact of political events such as the Prague Spring, the Soviet Invasion of 1968, and the Velvet Revolution on the city’s film industry. An invaluable resource for scholars, students, and aficionados of film and cinematic psychogeography, this collection will be heralded by students of East European literary, cultural, and sociopolitical history.

Edited by: Marcelline Block
Imprint: Intellect Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 9mm
Weight: 245g
ISBN: 9781783200276
ISBN 10: 1783200278
Series: World Film Locations
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 15 November 2013
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Maps/Scenes Scenes 1–8 – 1913–1984 Scenes 9–16 – 1988–1998 Scenes 17–24 – 1999–2002 Scenes 25–32 – 2003–2005 Scenes 33–39 – 2005–2008 Scenes 40–46 – 2008–2012 Essays Prague: City of the Imagination – Marcelline Block Picturing Prague: The Old Jewish Cemetery – Mark Podwal Barrandov Studios: The Continent's Answer to Hollywood – Ila Tyagi From Prague Abroad to Abroad in Prague – Henri Simon Blanc-Hoàng Film Projections of the Prague Spring – Oana Chivoiu The Presence of the Past in Prague – Kristiina Hackel The Cinema of Prague during World War II – Peter Demetz

Marcelline Block is a lecturer in history at Princeton University, where she is completing her Ph.D. in French. She is the editor or co-editor of several volumes, including Situating the Feminist Gaze and Spectatorship in Postwar Cinema.

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