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OverviewDagur Kari’s Noi the Albino (Noi albinoi, 2003) succeeded on the international festival circuit as a film that was both distinctively Icelandic and appealingly universal. Noi the Albino taps into perennial themes of escapism and existential angst, while its setting in the Westfjords of Iceland provided an almost surreal backdrop whose particularities of place are uniquely Icelandic. Bjorn Nordfjord’s examination of the film integrates the broad context and history of Icelandic cinema into a close reading of Noi the Albino’s themes, visual style, and key scenes. The book also includes an interview with director Dagur Kari. Noi the Albino’s successful negotiation of the tensions between the local and the global contribute to the film’s status as a contemporary classic. Its place within the history of Icelandic cinema highlights the specific problems this small nation faces as it pursues its filmmaking ambitions, allowing us to appreciate the remarkable success of Kari’s film in relation to the challenges of transnational filmmaking. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Bjorn NordfjordPublisher: University of Washington Press Imprint: University of Washington Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 19.10cm Weight: 0.181kg ISBN: 9780295990095ISBN 10: 0295990090 Pages: 144 Publication Date: 20 August 2010 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews[Nordford's] expert knowledge of Icelandic national cinema and world cinema is much in evidence here... A detailed and wide-ranging study of Noi the Albino. -- Christine Welsh Scandinavian-Canadian Studies A helpful, lucid account of both text and context... The study is most illuminating when dealing with the aesthetics and recurrent images of the film: its use of colour, its place in a cinema that is concerned with Islands, and with maps. -- Edward Gallafent Viewfinder A helpful, lucid account of both text and context.... The study is most illuminating when dealing with the aesthetics and recurrent images of the film: its use of colour, its place in a cinema that is concerned with Islands, and with maps.</p>--Edward Gallafent Viewfinder (01/01/2011) [Nordford's] expert knowledge of Icelandic national cinema and world cinema is much in evidence here. . . . [A] detailed and wide-ranging study of Noi the Albino . . . -Christine Welsh, Scandinavian-Canadian Studies, Vol. 20 (2011) """[Nordford's] expert knowledge of Icelandic national cinema and world cinema is much in evidence here.... A detailed and wide-ranging study of Noi the Albino."" -- Christine Welsh * Scandinavian-Canadian Studies * ""A helpful, lucid account of both text and context.... The study is most illuminating when dealing with the aesthetics and recurrent images of the film: its use of colour, its place in a cinema that is concerned with Islands, and with maps."" -- Edward Gallafent * Viewfinder *" Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |