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European Crime Cinema and the Auteur

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 August 2020

Stefano Baschiera
Stefano Baschiera*
Affiliation:
School of Arts, English and Languages, 21 University Square, Queen’s University Belfast, BelfastBT7 1NN, UK. Email: s.baschiera@qub.ac.uk
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Abstract

This article will offer an overview of the ever-changing relationship between the crime genre – understood as a global, transnational phenomenon – and European art cinema, with its national specificities. After a historical contextualization, this contribution focuses on the mode of production and circulation of contemporary European crime cinema by looking at two case studies of the contemporary national productions of Spain and Northern Ireland. The goal is to grasp the shifts occurring in this relationship, so understanding both the role played by the ‘auteur’ label in the distribution, commercialization, and appreciation of European crime cinema and how easily-marketable crime storylines promote the creation of new modes of authorship.

Type
Focus: Crime Fiction as a Mirror of Europe’s Changing Identities
Information
European Review , Volume 29 , Issue 5 , October 2021 , pp. 588 - 600
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© 2020 Academia Europaea

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