New Irish storytellers : narrative strategies in film / Dióg O'Connell.

By:

O'Connell, Dióg

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Bristol ; Chicago : Intellect, 2010.ISBN:

9781841503127 (pbk.)
1841503126 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

791.43 OCO

Contents:

Introduction: Reclaiming the Notion of Story -- Irish Film Board / Bord Scannan na heireann -- Irish Road Movies - Narrative Strategies Re-imagined -- Irish Romantic Comedy - Strategies of Characterization -- Immersed in Two Traditions - Adam & Paul, Garage and Prosperity -- A Modern Love Story - Nora -- Alternative Narrative Forms in New Irish Cinema -- Narrative Diversity and Range in New Irish Cinema.

Summary: New Irish Storytellers examines storytelling techniques and narrative strategies in contemporary Irish film and illuminates the craft, skill and creative decisions of Irish film-makers since the 1990s. Revealing defining patterns, styles and tendencies within recent Irish cinema, this book explores connections between Irish cinematic storytellers and their British and American colleagues. The period under scrutiny stretches back to 1993, the year the Irish Film Board was re-activated, facilitating a phase of prolonged film production after a hiatus of seven years. Reflecting on this key and distinctive era in Irish cinema, this book explores how film gave expression to tensions and fissures in the new Ireland.

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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

With the success of such films as the Oscar winner Once , Irish film has been getting well-deserved international attention recently. New Irish Storytellers examines storytelling techniques and narrative strategies in contemporary Irish film. Revealing defining patterns within recent Irish cinema, this book explores connections between Irish cinematic storytellers and their British and American colleagues. Díóg O'Connell traces the creative output of Irish filmmakers today back to 1993, the year the Irish Film Board was reactivated, reinvigorating film production after a hiatus of seven years. Reflecting on this key and distinctive era in Irish cinema, this book explores how film gave expression to tensions and fissures in the new Ireland.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-189) and index.

New Irish Storytellers examines storytelling techniques and narrative strategies in contemporary Irish film and illuminates the craft, skill and creative decisions of Irish film-makers since the 1990s. Revealing defining patterns, styles and tendencies within recent Irish cinema, this book explores connections between Irish cinematic storytellers and their British and American colleagues. The period under scrutiny stretches back to 1993, the year the Irish Film Board was re-activated, facilitating a phase of prolonged film production after a hiatus of seven years. Reflecting on this key and distinctive era in Irish cinema, this book explores how film gave expression to tensions and fissures in the new Ireland.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Acknowledgements
Introduction: Reclaiming the Notion of Story
Chapter 1 Irish Film Board / Bord Scannán na hÉireann
Chapter 2 Irish Road Movies - Narrative Strategies Re-imagined
Chapter 3 Irish Romantic Comedy - Strategies of Characterization
Chapter 4 Immersed in Two Traditions - Adam & Paul, Garage and Prosperity
Chapter 5 A Modern Love Story - Nora
Chapter 6 Alternative Narrative Forms in New Irish Cinema
Chapter 7 Narrative Diversity and Range in New Irish Cinema
References
Index

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Díóg O'Connell is a lecturer in the School of Business and Humanities at Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art Design and Technology in Ireland.