ReFocus: The Films of Pedro Costa: Producing and Consuming Contemporary Art Cinema (ReFocus: The International Directors Series) - Softcover

Barradas Jorge, Nuno

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1474444547 ISBN 13: 9781474444545

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 2021

Synopsis

This is the first English-language study of internationally acclaimed Portuguese filmmaker Pedro Costa, examining the cultural, production and exhibition contexts of his feature films, shorts and video installations. It situates Costa’s filmmaking within the contexts of Portuguese, European and global art film, looking into his working practices alongside the impact of digital video, forms of collaborative authorship, and the intricate dialogue between modes of production and aesthetics. Considering the exhibition, circulation and reception of Costa’s creative output in settings such as film festivals, the art gallery circuit and the home video market, ReFocus: The Films of Pedro Costa provides an essential critical analysis of this major filmmaker – as well as of the multifaceted production and consumption practices that surround contemporary art cinema.

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About the Author

Nuno Barradas Jorge is an Assistant Professor in Film and Media at the Department of Cultural, Media and Visual Studies, University of Nottingham. He has published ReFocus: The Films of Pedro Costa (2020). He is the co-editor, with Tiago de Luca, of Slow Cinema (2016). His work appeared in, among others, Portugal's Global Cinema (2017) and Migration in Lusophone Cinema (2014).

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This is the first English-language study of internationally acclaimed Portuguese filmmaker Pedro Costa, examining the cultural, production and exhibition contexts of his feature films, shorts and video installations. It situates Costa's filmmaking within the contexts of Portuguese, European and global art film, looking into his working practices alongside the impact of digital video, forms of collaborative authorship, and the intricate dialogue between modes of production and aesthetics. Considering the exhibition, circulation and reception of Costa's creative output in settings such as film festivals, the art gallery circuit and the home video market, ReFocus: The Films of Pedro Costa provides an essential critical analysis of this major filmmaker - as well as of the multifaceted production and consumption practices that surround contemporary art cinema. Nuno Barradas Jorge teaches in the Department of Cultural, Media and Visual Studies at the University of Nottingham. He is the co-editor, with Tiago de Luca, of Slow Cinema (Edinburgh University Press, 2016).

Edition details

• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1474444547
• ISBN 13: 9781474444545
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224