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Prevision model and empirical test of box office results for sequels
2021
International audience; As studios release an increasing number of movie sequels, scholars have begun to examine this strategic choice. Prior studies use standard models of box office performance to evaluate sequels’ performance and have mainly compared the box office results of the original movie with those of its sequel. However, sequels hold a unique position in the motion picture market since they are strongly associated with the original movie. Using the accessibility-diagnosticity framework, this research investigates the drivers behind the success of sequels and examines specifically the original movie’s impact through the role of reviews. The results – from 232 movies (116 original …
The Image of Spain as Tourist Destination Built Through Fictional Cinema
2008
Fictional cinema is one of the cultural agents that shapes the international image of each country. It colonizes spectators’ imagery, and it can influence their choice of tourist destinations. Spanish cinema’s international diffusion has allowed the exhibition of movies that spread and renew the image of Spain in different ways. In this respect, we propose a three-fold typology of films focusing our attention on their content and the ways in which they build the image of Spain: Icon Films, Pastiche Films, and Tourist Poster Films. These films may stimulate the increase of a cultural tourism very different from the traditional one that inspired many to come to Spain mainly looking for sunny …
«Патриотизм» и религиозная идентичность в тисках политической игры: дискурсивное измерение (Religious and patriots identity in the grip of political …
2017
в статье рассматриваются новые направления включения и исключения в российском обществе. Усиление законодательства о безопасности, которое ускорилось после панк-выступления Pussy Riot в Храме Христа Спасителя и волна гражданских про- тестов, которые вспыхнули до и после президентских выборов 2012 года, послужили ос- нованием для строительства новых форм идентичности. С того времени главные раздели- тельные дискурсы и цензурная деятельность были предложены представителями Русской Православной Церкви, так называемыми патриотическими активистами и защитниками традиционных российских норм. Таким образом, эти идентичности стали политическим инструментом идеологической борьбы на культурной террит…
Book Review: General Politics: Hollywood and the CIA: Cinema, Defence, and Subversion
2014
Què és la ?filosofia del cinema?? Una panoràmica sobre l?estat de la qüestió
2018
What Is the “Philosophy of Film”? An Overview of the State of the Art Resum: En la primera seccio d’aquest article tracarem un “estat de la questio” del camp d’estudis conegut com a “filosofia del cinema”, amb especial interes en la seua genesi. Seguirem, en consequencia, el recorregut del debat meta-teoric que ha determinat els successius canvis de paradigma, centrant els tres moments que han marcat l’evolucio dels estudis filosofics sobre el cinema des dels inicis de la teoria classica fins al fragmentat panorama dels nostres dies. En la segona seccio exposarem la discussio al voltant de la questio del “cinema-com-a-filosofia” (“film as philosophy”), un topic recent que ha abordat les pos…
Housing Memories in Riga: WWI and Its Aftermath—Representation of the Apartment in Soviet Cinema and Now
2020
Geography of film provides information on new historiographic perspectives in architecture, space and the imagination of urban environment. This chapter contributes to the field of human geography by conducting a content analysis of a vast number of films made between the early 1910s and present time focusing on development and spatial organization of living spaces in Riga. The research elucidates the construction of meaning of space and housing memory, where relations of dominance is defined and contested in visual representation of Riga’s apartments. A qualitative research methodology was used based on best practices of human geography data transcription and coding. The main findings show…
Cinema Data Mining
2015
While the physiological response of humans to emotional events or stimuli is well-investigated for many modalities (like EEG, skin resistance, ...), surprisingly little is known about the exhalation of so-called Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) at quite low concentrations in response to such stimuli. VOCs are molecules of relatively small mass that quickly evaporate or sublimate and can be detected in the air that surrounds us. The paper introduces a new field of application for data mining, where trace gas responses of people reacting on-line to films shown in cinemas (or movie theaters) are related to the semantic content of the films themselves. To do so, we measured the VOCs from a mov…
Five Kurosawas and a (de)construction of theOrient
2019
In 1959, UNESCO published a catalogue of Eastern films suitable for Western audiences, titled ‘Orient. A Survey of Films Produced in Countries of Arab and Asian Culture’. The aim of the catalogue was to familiarise Western audiences with Eastern cultures through cinema. The catalogue lists seven general characteristics of Eastern cinema to distinguish it from its Western counterpart and to provide ready-made interpretations of the essential characteristics of the Eastern world. Of the 139 feature films listed in the catalogue, five were directed by Kurosawa Akira – the biggest number of films by a single director. This article provides an analysis of the five Kurosawa films within the frame…
Imaginarios de la crisis de 2001 en el cine argentino. análisis de la película mercano el marciano
2018
espanolLa crisis de 2001 influye en los imaginarios que circulan entre la sociedad argentina y se manifiestan en su produccion cultural y mediatica. Partimos de la base de que el imaginario es una creacion incesante de figuras e imagenes que conforman lo que denominamos realidad social (Castoriadis 2007). El objetivo de este trabajo es averiguar como se representa en el cine animado cierto imaginario social relacionado con la crisis y con las consecuencias de la implantacion del sistema neoliberal en Argentina. A partir del analisis del discurso de la pelicula de animacion Mercano el marciano (Juan Antin, 2002), establecemos que elementos de la crisis se problematizan. Las conclusiones del …
El matrimonio entre el cine y la filosofía: Apuntes sobre la metafilosofía de Stanley Cavell
2019
En este trabajo expondremos brevemente algunas características fundamentales de la concepción de la filosofía defendida por Stanley Cavell, con especial atención a su reivindicación del cine como agente filosófico de pleno derecho. Nuestra intención es presentar las claves del planteamiento metafilosófico de Cavell, con el objetivo de desarrollar posteriormente su concepción del arte cinematográfico como un tipo de praxis filosófica particular, fundada en la tesis de que el cine puede concebirse como un “medio de pensamiento” adecuado para afrontar sendos problemas filosóficos.