Background
Paul Willemen was born and brought up in the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium on August 17, 1944.
(Willemen's writing has contributed significantly to the d...)
Willemen's writing has contributed significantly to the development of film theory and cultural studies over the past 20 years. This is a collection of his classic but provocative essays, covering a wide range of issues, from pornography and melodrama to Third Cinema and questions of national identity - from the films of Amos Gitai and Nagashi Oshima to theories of postmodernism and an account of subjectivity. Many of the essays originally published in "Screen", "After Image" and "Framework" have also been reworked and updated, but "Looks and Frictions" also includes a number of previously unpublished essays.
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1994
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The largest film industry in the world after Hollywood is celebrated in this expanded and updated reference work. Covering the full range of Indian cinema the new edition includes vastly expanded coverage of mainstream productions from the 70s to the 90s, and additional material on the stars that have made their mark this decade. For the first time the work also includes a comprehensive index of names. There is no comparable guide to this generously illustrated volume that captures the incredible vitality and diversity of historical and contemporary Indian cinema.
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1999
(This book addresses the knotty and complex relationship b...)
This book addresses the knotty and complex relationship between cinema and national identity, showing that the nationality of a cinema production company, and the films that it's made, have not always been seen as pertinent. This volume begins by reviewing and rethinking the concept of national cinema in an age of globalisation. This book addresses the knotty and complex relationship between cinema and national identity, showing that the nationality of a cinema production company, and the films that it's made, have not always been seen as pertinent. This volume begins by reviewing and rethinking the concept of national cinema in an age of globalisation. This book addresses the knotty and complex relationship between cinema and national identity, showing that the nationality of a cinema production company, and the films that it's made, have not always been seen as pertinent. This volume begins by reviewing and rethinking the concept of national cinema in an age of globalisation.
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2008
Paul Willemen was born and brought up in the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium on August 17, 1944.
Willemen obtained his doctorate from the University of Middlesex in 1996.
Willemen came to London in 1968. There he became part of the group of people centred around the BFI Education Department and the Society for Education in Film and Television who were exploring new approaches to the cinema and teaching about film.
He then was a fierce champion of oppositional forms of cinema, starting with the radical British independent film groups in the 1970s and 80s and worked as an editor for Screen magazine.
In the 1980s Willemen separated himself from Screen to devote himself to Framework, a more theoretically open-minded magazine where he could develop his internationalist political agenda. From 1976 onwards he held various posts at the BFI, where he earned a proper salary and was able to continue with writing and editing.
When the axe fell in 1995, he succumbed to the lure of academia, occupying posts first at Napier University in Edinburgh, then at the University of Ulster in Coleraine, returning to London in 2008.
Since then, Willemen worked as a freelance writer and editor in England.
(This book addresses the knotty and complex relationship b...)
2008(Willemen's writing has contributed significantly to the d...)
1994(The largest film industry in the world after Hollywood is...)
1999(Provides plot summaries, cast, and credits for horror fil...)
1987(Selected by Choice as an outstanding Academic Book of 1990.)
1990Willemen was married to Roma Willemen. The couple had one daughter, Niki.