In our latest world cinema column, we examine the enduring appeal of overseas films, and look ahead to Kim Longinotto’s documentary, Rough Aunties...
Whether you call it world cinema, or transnational cinema, or local or trans-global, there is no doubt that certain things compel you to seek out and discover these films. But just what exactly?
Of course it eventually all boils to specific, personal taste as to what cinema you are drawn to, but I believe there are key themes and elements in common for all who watch films and TV from outside the mainstream. After all, a main reason why a lovely site such as Den Of Geek exists is to draw disparate elements (that's you and me) and give them a shared home.
Without wanting to become sucked into a wider socio-ethnographic discourse, and I know how popular they are, I like to believe these elements...
Whether you call it world cinema, or transnational cinema, or local or trans-global, there is no doubt that certain things compel you to seek out and discover these films. But just what exactly?
Of course it eventually all boils to specific, personal taste as to what cinema you are drawn to, but I believe there are key themes and elements in common for all who watch films and TV from outside the mainstream. After all, a main reason why a lovely site such as Den Of Geek exists is to draw disparate elements (that's you and me) and give them a shared home.
Without wanting to become sucked into a wider socio-ethnographic discourse, and I know how popular they are, I like to believe these elements...
- 7/14/2010
- Den of Geek
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