商品簡介
Hjort (visual studies, Lingnan U., Hong Kong) brings together international contributors in film studies, religion, philosophy, cultural studies, entertainment law, and photojournalism for an interdisciplinary conversation on aspects of risk in film. Major themes are the representation of risk in film, film spectators' engagement with risk, profits and losses in the film industry, film commissions, and filmmaking and the environment. Some specific subjects examined include stunt workers in Hollywood and Hong Kong, the financial and economic risks of film production, motion picture finance and risk in the US, and encouraging artistic risk through film policy in Denmark. Annotation Ac2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Mette Hjort is the chair professor and head of visual studies at Lingnan University in Hong Kong, an affiliate professor of Scandinavian studies at the University of Washington–Seattle, and an honorary professor at CEMES, University of Copenhagen. She is the author, editor, and translator of numerous books, including Lone Scherfig’s "Italian for Beginners" and Small Nation, Global Cinema. She edits the Nordic Film Classics Series for the University of Washington Press.
