Cinemas dark and slow in digital India

By: Lalitha GopalanContributor(s): GOPALAN (Lalitha)Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: Hyderabad Orient Blackswan 2021Description: xvi,464p. PB 21x14cmISBN: 9789354421051Subject(s): Bombay Noir | Tamil New Wave | Road MovieDDC classification: 791.43 Summary: Cinemas Dark and Slow in Digital India provides a sustained engagement with contemporary Indian feature films from outside the mainstream, including Aaranaya Kaandam, I.D., Kaul, Chauthi Koot, Cosmic Sex, and Gaali Beeja, to expand the scope of film studies that have focused so far on the dominance of Bollywood. Gopalan assembles films from Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Trivandrum, in addition to independent productions in Bombay cinema, as a way of privileging less studied works that deserve critical attention. Through close readings of films and a deep investigation of film style, this book draws attention to the advent of digital technologies while remaining fully cognizant of ‘the digital’ and considering the change in the global circulation of film and finance. This dual focus on the techno-material conditions of Indian cinema and the film narrative a complete picture of changing narratives and shifting genres and styles. Written with a cinephile’s enthusiasm for world cinema, the book addresses scholars of cinema studies, media studies, and readers who are curious about the shape that media and mediums are taking in current times.
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Cinemas Dark and Slow in Digital India provides a sustained engagement with contemporary Indian feature films from outside the mainstream, including Aaranaya Kaandam, I.D., Kaul, Chauthi Koot, Cosmic Sex, and Gaali Beeja, to expand the scope of film studies that have focused so far on the dominance of Bollywood. Gopalan assembles films from Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Trivandrum, in addition to independent productions in Bombay cinema, as a way of privileging less studied works that deserve critical attention. Through close readings of films and a deep investigation of film style, this book draws attention to the advent of digital technologies while remaining fully cognizant of ‘the digital’ and considering the change in the global circulation of film and finance. This dual focus on the techno-material conditions of Indian cinema and the film narrative a complete picture of changing narratives and shifting genres and styles. Written with a cinephile’s enthusiasm for world cinema, the book addresses scholars of cinema studies, media studies, and readers who are curious about the shape that media and mediums are taking in current times.

Part I
1. Opening 2. Minding the Gap 3. Slowing Down
Part II
4. Bombay Noir 5. Tamil New Wave 6. Road Movie 7. Untitled: Amitabh Chakraborty’s Cinema 8. Time Out
Bibliography
Index

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