Nordic Genre Film

‘This multifaceted – and longed-for – anthology explores Nordic film through a dynamic transnational perspective, combining thorough analytical approaches with a wide range of cultural and social observations. The texts uncover the importance of Nordic genre cinema from romantic comedy to slasher, and put its recent successes in a historical context.’ Lars Gustaf Andersson, Lund University, Sweden Taking a transnational approach to the study of contemporary genre production, Nordic Genre Film discusses a range of internationally celebrated examples from the increasingly popular ‘Nordic noir’ genre, from TV shows and films like The Bridge (2011) and Insomnia (1997) to high concept ‘video generation’ productions such as Iron Sky (2012). Conceptualising Nordic genre film as an industrial and cultural phenomenon, other contributions focus on road movies, the horror film, autobiographical films, the quirky comedy, musicals, historical epics and pornography. Highlighting the similarities and differences between Nordic countries, as well as their often diverse production modes, this book works at the intersection of film and cultural studies to combine industrial perspectives and an in-depth discussion of specific films with a broad historical perspective on the production, distribution and reception of contemporary genre cinema. Tommy Gustafsson is Associate Professor in the Department of Film and Literature at Linnaeus University. He is the author of Masculinity in the Golden Age of Swedish Cinema: A Cultural Analysis of 1920s Films (2014) and co-editor of Transnational Ecocinema: Film Culture in an Era of Ecological Transformation (with Pietari Kääpä, 2013). Pietari Kääpä is Lecturer in Media and Communications at University of Stirling. He is the author of The Cinema of Mika Kaurismäki (2011), Ecology and Contemporary Nordic Cinemas (2014) and co-editor (with Tommy Gustafsson, 2013) of Transnational Ecocinema: Film Culture in an Era of Ecological Transformation. Cover image: Still from Norwegian Ninja by Torden Film © Eric Vogel Cover design: [EUP logo] www.euppublishing.com Tommy Gustafsson is Associate Professor in Film Studies at Linnaeus University, Sweden. Pietari Kääpä is Lecturer in Media and Communications at University of Stirling.