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Beyond Casablanca : M.A. Tazi and the Adventure of Moroccan Cinema.

Dwyer explores the problems of creativity in the Arab and African world, focusing on Moroccan cinema and one of its key figures, filmmaker M.A. Tazi. The author develops three themes simultaneously: the filmmaker's career and films; filmmaking in postcolonial Morocco; and the relationship betwe...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Dwyer, Kevin
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2004.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; TOC; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Most Successful Moroccan Film Ever; INTERLUDE: Film's Power and Function; 2. Building the National Cinema, Building a Career; INTERLUDE: A First Feature
  • The Big Trip (1981); 3. Huston, Wise, Coppola, Camus ... ; 4. Badis (1989); INTERLUDE: Telling a Story
  • Narrative and Symbols; 5. The Other Side of the Wind, Almost; INTERLUDE: Lalla Hobby
  • The Film; 6. Reflections and Projections; CONCLUSION: Future Flights of the Bumblebee; Chronology; Detailed Table of Contents; Notes; Bibliography; Index.