Cinema and Ireland (Studies in film, television and the media)

Gibbons, Luke

Rockett, Kevin

Hill, John (W. John)

Business & Money

London, Routledge, [

This was the first comprehensive study of film production in Ireland from the silent period to the present day, and of representations of Ireland and ‘Irishness’ in native, British, and American films. It remains an authority on the topic. The book focuses on Irish history and politics to examine the context and significance of such films as Irish Destiny, The Quiet Man, Ryan’s Daughter, Man of Aran, Cal, The Courier, and The Dead.

Cinema and Ireland

HILL, JOHN

Reference

Routledge

Cinema and Ireland (Irish Studies)

Humor & Entertainment

Syracuse Univ Pr

A century of Irish films, as well as worldwide films about Ireland and Irish people. The 2,000 titles in this comprehensive 766-page volume include all the films produced in Ireland from 1896 to 1996, as well as feature films about Ireland and Irish people produced in twelve other countries: Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Holland, Israel, Italy, Russia, Spain, United States. Film entries include the following information: Actors, Actresses, Role Names, Production Credits, Story Synopsis, Literary Source, Original Author, Song Titles, Composers, Running Time, Color or B&W, Distributor/Studio, Production Company, Release Date, Review Citations, Alternate Titles, Country of Origin. There are indexes of Corporate Names, Composers and Songwriters, Literary and Dramatic Sources, Personal Names and Film Titles.

The Irish filmography: Fiction films, 1896-1996

Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

Red Mountain Media

This was the first comprehensive study of film production in Ireland from the silent period to the present day, and of representations of Ireland and ‘Irishness’ in native, British, and American films. It remains an authority on the topic. The book focuses on Irish history and politics to examine the context and significance of such films as Irish Destiny, The Quiet Man, Ryan’s Daughter, Man of Aran, Cal, The Courier, and The Dead.

Cinema and Ireland (Routledge Library Editions: Cinema)

This book is the first volume in a two-volume set on the history of cinema in Ireland from the 18th century to the present day (the second companion volume is titled Film Exhibition and Distribution in Ireland, 1909-2010). What the book demonstrates is that prior to cinema there were already huge numbers of people in Ireland, from all classes, who regularly enjoyed proto-cinematic experiences through such entertainments as the magic lantern, or slide projector; the immersive large-scale paintings known as panoramas; and tableaux vivants, or theatrical-posed static representations of paintings, statues, and events. Without these entertainments - many developed by Irish inventors and pioneers - not only would cinema's moving-pictures have been unimaginable, but so, too, would the cinema space itself and the distribution of film. Ultimately, the book is offered as a contribution towards a deeper understanding of popular visual culture (and its intersection with science) in Ireland from the 18th-century onwards. *** "Kevin Rockett and Emer Rockett's book is a richly researched, engaging...picture of visual and optical entertainments in Ireland, ranging from the first phantasmagoria shows in the 1790s to the establishment of the first purpose-built cinemas....The authors build on recent work influenced by the idea that the site of an exhibition helped determine not only how it took place, but the meanings it produced and the experience of its audience." - Victorian Studies, Vol. 56, No. 1, Autumn 2014Ã?Â?Ã?Â?

Magic Lantern, Panorama and Moving Picture Shows in Ireland, 1786-1909

Rockett, Emer

Movies

Four Courts Press

This book is the second volume in a two-volume set on the history of cinema in Ireland (the first companion volume is titled Magic Lantern, Panorama, and Moving Picture Shows in Ireland, 1786-1909). From the opening of the first full-time cinemas in Ireland during 1909-1914 until the multiplex boom of the 1990s and 2000s, Irish cinema-going has been a complex intersection of social, cultural, and business practices. As well as providing an annotated listing of every known significant film venue that has operated in Ireland since the beginning of cinema in the late 19th century, the book traces in forensic detail the nature of the Irish cinema phenomenon, and, in utilizing a range of previously unexplored primary sources from film trade publications to cinema records, it provides the first extensive account of a whole Irish business sector, including the key personnel involved. In the process, issues of cultural and social geography are explored. The book's account of alternative film exhibition practices not only offers the first comprehensive histories of the competing cultural and moral agendas of the secular Irish Film Society and the National Film Institute of Ireland, but it also outlines the emergence of a dynamic film culture in the 1980s and 1990s, and includes the history of film festivals in Ireland.

Film Exhibition and Distribution in Ireland, 1909-2010

Industries

This book maps the history of Irish film censorship from its origins in the 1910s, through to the all-encompassing Censorship of Films Act 1923, the more liberal implementation of screening policies from the late 1960s onwards, and present-day concerns about media proliferation and distribution. Its main focus is on the 1920-70 period, when Irish film censors banned 3,000 films and cut an additional 10,000. The role of political censorship and its effect on television and cinema is examined, as are the more contemporary issues of video classification and debates around the internet and child pornography. Through the examination of over 18,000 of the censors decisions, Kevin Rockett provides an invaluable insight into the cultural geography of Ireland. - Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2005

Irish Film Censorship: A Cultural Journey from Silent Cinema to Internet Pornography

With films like The Crying Game, Interview With a Vampire, Michael Collins, and, most recently, The Good Thief, Neil Jordan is Ireland's most versatile, prolific, and successful film director. The authors argue that central to Jordan's work is an exploration and challenging of boundaries and borders. He creates sumptuous and sensuous worlds of synergy that, thematically and narratively layered, are open to multiple critical interpretations. The authors provide detailed, contextualized readings of each of his films, as well as situate them in relation to his literary work.

Neil Jordan: Exploring Boundaries (Contemporary Irish Writers and Filmmakers)

The Liffey Press

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