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Richard Vojvoda

Stories between Tears and Laughter: Popular Czech Cinema and Film Critics

Stories between Tears and Laughter: Popular Czech Cinema and Film Critics

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Stories between Tears and Laughter examines how attitudes towards post-socialist Czech cinema have shifted from viewing it as radical "art cinema" to popular cinema, offering a new perspective on cultural value and quality through a methodology of historical reception.

Format: Hardback
Length: 194 pages
Publication date: 05 January 2024
Publisher: Berghahn Books


While histories of Czech cinema often highlight the quality of Czechoslovak New Wave films made in the 1960s, post-socialist Czech cinema receives little attention. Through a methodology of historical reception, Stories between Tears and Laughter explores how attitudes towards post-socialist Czech cinema have shifted from viewing it as radical "art cinema" and more towards popular cinema. By analyzing publicity materials, reviews, and articles, Richard Vojvoda offers a new perspective on the notions of cultural value and quality that have been shaping the history of post-socialist Czech cinema.

While histories of Czech cinema often highlight the quality of Czechoslovak New Wave films made in the 1960s, post-socialist Czech cinema receives little attention.


Through a methodology of historical reception, Stories between Tears and Laughter explores how attitudes towards post-socialist Czech cinema have shifted from viewing it as radical "art cinema" and more towards popular cinema.


By analyzing publicity materials, reviews, and articles, Richard Vojvoda offers a new perspective on the notions of cultural value and quality that have been shaping the history of post-socialist Czech cinema.


Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781805392491

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