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In presenting the first English language study of Belgian cinema, Split Screen explores the fascinating history of a cinema largely determined by linguistic division and beset by problems of cultural identity. This "split screen" characterizes the Belgian cinema, which has not received the critical praise that it deserves, despite the recent international successes of films like Toto the Hero, and the achievements of individual directors such as Henri Storck, Andre Delvaux, and Chantal Akerman. In surveying the evolution of Belgian cinema from its beginnings to the present day, Philip Mosley locates all the major feature films, describes the crucial intervention of the state in film production, and reveals undervalued Belgian traditions in documentary, in animation, in short films, and in a colonial cinema created partly by missionaries in the former Belgian Congo. Due to the political and economic transformations affecting Europe, the reforms of the Belgian state, and the increasing globalization of world media industries, Belgian cinema can now inscribe itself within new national and international contexts

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Book category Books in English The arts Film, TV & radio Films, cinema

• Full title: Split Screen
• Author: Philip Mosley
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 267
• EAN: 9780791447482
• ID: 04701004
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Weight: 290 g
• Dimensions: 228 × 150 × 16 mm
• Date of publishing: 30. September 2000

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