European Cinema and Intertextuality - History, Memory and Politics (Hardcover)

"European Cinema and Intertextuality" offers an original and up-to-date approach to the representation of history through film. It provides an interpretation of a number of feature films representing crucial events and personalities from European history in the twentieth century. This includes the Second World War, Armenian Genocide, anti-Semitic attacks in Poland after the Second World War, European terrorism of the 1970s, and the end of communism. Films discussed include "Eloge de l'amour" and "Passion" by Jean-Luc Godard, "Ararat" by Atom Egoyan, "The Baader Meinhof Complex" by Uli Edel, "Moonlighting" by Jerzy Skolimowski, "12:08 East of Bucharest" by Corneliu Porumboiu and "Kawasaki Rose" by Jan Hrebejk.