Popular Cinemas in East Central Europe by Dorota Ostrowska, F... - 9781350244269

Popular Cinemas in East Central EuropeFilm Cultures and Histories\nAuthor(s): Dorota Ostrowska, Francesco Pitassio, Zsuzsanna Varga\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Bloomsbury Academic\nISBN-13: 9781350244269, 978-1350244269\nSynopsis\nThe continued interest in the social and cultural life of the former Warsaw pact countries - looking at but also beyond their socialist pasts - encompasses a desire to know more about their national cinemas. Yet, despite the increasing consumption of films from these countries - via DVD, VOD platforms and other alternative channels - there is a lack of comprehensive information on this key aspect of visual culture. This important book rectifies the glaring gap and provides both a history and a contemporary account of East Central European cinema in the pre-WW2, socialist, and post-socialist periods. Demonstrating how at different historical moments popular cinema fulfilled various roles, for example in .