Transnational Cinema

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As cultural identity being questioned in global screen due to the influences of transnational cinema and Diasporas in different places, this clip question further the possibilities in future transnational cinema. Through the emergence of cinema styles, all films are to be considered transnational. This essay will argue that transnational cinema could be emerging to a new level in the film industry. The clip provided with the essay explores the potential of transnational films with the context of films studied included in this subject. As Ezra and Rowden argues, the “key to transnationalism is the recognition of the decline of national sovereignty as a regulatory force in global coexistence. The impossibility of assigning a fixed national identity to much cinema reflects the dissolution of any stable connection between a film’s place of production and/or setting and the nationality of its makers and performers” (Elizabeth Ezra 2006). Hollywood films unnecessarily sets in the United States while Bollywood film doesn’t mean produce in India, film nowadays can be produced anywhere outside their homeland. This will lead to a new version of transnational cinema as this is a developing concept that has no clear definition for its category. In conjunction with the crossover audiences, transnational cinema plays a vital role in global screen culture. Srinivas argues that transnational shaped the globalized imagination and therefore it increases peoples’ desire for the real experience of transnational through travelling (Srinivas 2005). Transnational cinema is expanding alongside with the growing Diaspora in the globe. Deterritorialization explores film productions outside their own country and crossovers often depicted in most films in... ... middle of paper ... ...er Assayas. 1996. Athique, Adrian M. "The 'crossover' audiences: Mediated multiculturalism and the Indian film." Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies, 2008: 299-311. Casablanca. Directed by Michael Curtiz. 1942. Elizabeth Ezra, Terry Rowden. "General Introduction: What is Transnational Cinema?" In Transnational Cinema: the film reader, by Terry Rowden Elizabeth Ezra, 1-12. New York: Routledge, 2006. John Hess, Patricia R. Zimmermann. "Transnational Documentaries: A Menifesto." In Transnational Cinema: the film reader, by Terry Rowden Elizabeth Ezra, 95-105. New York: Routledge, 2006. Black Cat White Cat. Directed by Emir Kusturica. 1998. Rush Hour. Directed by Brett Ratner. 1998. Srinivas, Lakshmi. "Communicating globalization in Bombay cinema: Everyday life, imagination and the persistence of the local." Comparative American Studies 3, 2005: 319-344.

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