North of Everything: English-Canadian Cinema Since 1980

Book Overview

The essays in North of Everything examine the state of Canadian film during a period of critical change. Their focus ranges from the conventional cinema to the avant garde, NFB documentaries to DIY videotapes. This comprehensive volume presents essays on established and emerging filmmakers and includes discussions of Canadian film institutions, history, and policy.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 088864390X
• ISBN13: 9780888643902
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: University of Alberta Press
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 2.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.8" x 9.9"

Customer Reviews

Really useful and interesting

To speak frankly as a US citizen with an interest in Film Studies, I never quite know what the heck is going on in Canadian cinema, nor where I should be looking. So this book fills a serious void for me, and has a diversity of entries, some more academic than others (but almost all good), that offer lucid and interesting introductions to the wealth of visual culture being produced in Canada over the past decades. I really like the essays on Native filmmakers Loretta Todd and Alanis Obomsawin, and think the editors did a great job of casting their net widely.I highly recommend this book, though I wish it were cheaper.