ABSTRACT
In this edited collection, an international ensemble of scholars examine what contemporary cinema tells us about neoliberal capitalism and cinema, exploring whether filmmakers are able to imagine progressive alternatives under capitalist conditions. Individual contributions discuss filmmaking practices, film distribution, textual characteristics and the reception of films made in different parts of the world. They engage with topics such as class struggle, debt, multiculturalism and the effect of neoliberalism on love and sexual behaviour. Written in accessible, jargon-free language, Contemporary Cinema and Neoliberal Ideology is an essential text for those interested in political filmmaking and the political meanings of films.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|66 pages
Political economy of neoliberalism and its discontents
chapter 1|17 pages
Team Loach and Sixteen Films
chapter 2|15 pages
US independent cinema and the capitalist mode of production
chapter 3|16 pages
The lure of becoming cinema
part 2|80 pages
Neoliberal winners and losers
part 3|80 pages
Love and sexual identities under neoliberalism