Political Film
The Dialectics of Third Cinema
Third Cinema is a cinema committed to social and cultural emancipation. In this book, Mike Wayne argues that Third Cinema is absolutely central to key debates concerning contemporary film practices and cultures.
As a body of films, Third Cinema expands our horizons of the medium and its possibilities. Wayne develops Third Cinema theory by exploring its dialectical relations with First Cinema (dominant,commercial) and Second Cinema (arthouse, auteur). Discussing an eclectic range of films, from Evita to Dollar Mambo, The Big Lebowski to The Journey, Amistad to Camp de Thiaroye, Political Film explores the affinities and crucial political differences between First and Third Cinema.
Third Cinema’s relationship with Second Cinema is explored via the cinematic figure of the bandit (Bandit Queen, The General, Eskiya). The continuities and differences with European precursors such as Eisenstein, Vertov, Lukacs, Brecht and Walter Benjamin are also assessed. The book is a polemical call for a film criticism that is politically engaged with the life of the masses.
As a body of films, Third Cinema expands our horizons of the medium and its possibilities. Wayne develops Third Cinema theory by exploring its dialectical relations with First Cinema (dominant,commercial) and Second Cinema (arthouse, auteur). Discussing an eclectic range of films, from Evita to Dollar Mambo, The Big Lebowski to The Journey, Amistad to Camp de Thiaroye, Political Film explores the affinities and crucial political differences between First and Third Cinema.
Third Cinema’s relationship with Second Cinema is explored via the cinematic figure of the bandit (Bandit Queen, The General, Eskiya). The continuities and differences with European precursors such as Eisenstein, Vertov, Lukacs, Brecht and Walter Benjamin are also assessed. The book is a polemical call for a film criticism that is politically engaged with the life of the masses.
Mike Wayne is Professor of Film and Television Studies at Brunel University, London. He is the author of England's Discontents: History, Politics, Culture and Identities (Pluto, 2018), Understanding Film (Pluto, 2005) and Marxism and Media Studies (Pluto, 2003).
'One of those rare events in the publishing world which will enrich and possibly change our approach to film criticism' - Film Waves
Introduction
1. Third Cinema as Critical Practice: A Case Study of The Battle Of Algiers
2. Precursors
3. Dialectics Of First and Third Cinema
4. Dialectics Of Second Cinema: The Bandit
5. Dialectics of Third Cinema
Bibliography
Index
1. Third Cinema as Critical Practice: A Case Study of The Battle Of Algiers
2. Precursors
3. Dialectics Of First and Third Cinema
4. Dialectics Of Second Cinema: The Bandit
5. Dialectics of Third Cinema
Bibliography
Index
Published by Pluto Press in Jun 2001
Paperback ISBN: 9780745316697
eBook ISBN: 9781783716210
eBook ISBN: 9781783716210
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