{"product_id":"the-life-and-afterlife-of-swedish-biograph-from-commercial-circulation-to-archival-practices-9780299339906","title":"The Life and Afterlife of Swedish Biograph: From Commercial Circulation to Archival Practices","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jan Olsson\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Wisconsin Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Telecommunications\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSweden's early film industry was dominated by Swedish Biograph (Svenska Biografteatern), home to star directors like Victor Sjöström and Mauritz Stiller. It is nostalgically remembered as the generative site of a nascent national artform, encapsulating a quintessentially Nordic aesthetic-the epicenter of Sweden's cinematic Golden Age. In \u003ci\u003eThe Life and Afterlife of Swedish Biograph\u003c\/i\u003e, veteran film scholar Jan Olsson takes a hard look at this established, romanticized narrative and offers a far more complete, complex, and nuanced story. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Nearly all of the studio's original negatives were destroyed in an explosion in 1941, but Olsson's comprehensive archival research shows how the company operated in a commercial, international arena, and how it was influenced not just by Nordic aesthetics or individual genius but also by foreign audiences' expectations, technological demands, Hollywood innovations, and the gritty back-and-forth between economic pressures, government interference, and artistic desires. Olsson's focus is wide, encompassing the studio's production practices, business affairs, and cinematographic conventions, as well as the latter-day archival efforts that both preserved and obscured parts of Swedish Biograph's story, helping construct the company's rosy legacy. The result is a necessary rewrite to Swedish film historiography and a far fuller picture of a canonical film studio.","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46416637034647,"sku":"9780299339906","price":9188.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780299339906.webp?v=1769064124","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-life-and-afterlife-of-swedish-biograph-from-commercial-circulation-to-archival-practices-9780299339906","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}