Alternative Empires: European Modernist Cinemas and the Cultures of Imperialism (Exeter Studies in Film History) Book

'Alternative Empires' emerges from a convergence within contemporary film, media and cultural studies. In offering new perspectives on the history of Soviet montage cinema and on the British documentary movement, it connects with the growing body of work analyzing manifestations of orientalism, Eurocentrism and colonial discourse in the cinema. The book integrates theoretical discussion and textual analysis with primary source historical research, particularly into film reception. Using individual films as case studies, the book questions received understanding of European film history, and offers new insights into canonical films already familiar to many readers, including Fritz Lang's 'Metropolis', Eisenstein's 'October', Vertov's 'The Man with the Movie Camera' and the Griersonian Documentary, as well as 'forgotten' films of the period.Read More