Isak Thorsen
Biographic Data
| ID | 6807767 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Isak Thorsen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Isak |
| FAMILY NAME | Thorsen |
| SIGNATURE | THORSEN I |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Copenhagen |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Denmark, Kingdom of everything erotic’
Denmark was the first country in the world to decriminalize visual pornography in 1969, and several sources indicate that Danish feature sex films were exported widely in the 1970s. Yet our knowledge of the international distribution of these films is very limited. The overall argument in this article is that instead of relying on a wide variety of scattered sources, it is possible to provide consistent answers by limiting the selection of data t…
A History of Danish Cinema
The contribution of Denmark to world cinema has been substantial: not just relative to the size of the population, but by any measure. In the silent period, the pioneering work of the company Nordisk Films Kompagni, and the emergence of early film stars such as Asta Nielsen, secured Denmark a place as a leading film nation. The auteur Carl Theodor Dreyer won global renown during his five-decade career. Documentary and educational filmmaking flour…
A History of Danish Cinema
The first English-language book to cover Danish cinema from the 1890s to the present day Contextualises the work of renowned filmmakers including Carl Th. Dreyer, Lars von Trier, Thomas Vinterberg, Susanne Bier Discusses national genres and traditions, including popular comedies, heritage film, children’s film, porn, documentary and immigrant filmmakers Examines a range of film institutions and policies, including production companies, state supp…
Nordisk Films Kompagni 1906-1924, Volume 5
The Nordisk Film Collection
Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema
Although relatively small, the northern countries of Scandinavia have made a disproportionately large contribution to world cinema. Indeed, some of their films are among the best known of all times, including The Seventh Seal, Dancer in the Dark, and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. And Scandinavian directors are also among the best known, just to mention Ingmar Bergman and Lars von Trier. But there is much more to the cinema of Denmark, Norway, …
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Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema
Although relatively small, the northern countries of Scandinavia have made a disproportionately large contribution to world cinema. Indeed, some of their films are among the best known of all times, including The Seventh Seal, Dancer in the Dark, and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. And Scandinavian directors are also among the best known, just to mention Ingmar Bergman and Lars von Trier. But there is much more to the cinema of Denmark, Norway, …
The Nordisk Film Collection
Nordisk Films Kompagni 1906-1924, Volume 5
A History of Danish Cinema
The contribution of Denmark to world cinema has been substantial: not just relative to the size of the population, but by any measure. In the silent period, the pioneering work of the company Nordisk Films Kompagni, and the emergence of early film stars such as Asta Nielsen, secured Denmark a place as a leading film nation. The auteur Carl Theodor Dreyer won global renown during his five-decade career. Documentary and educational filmmaking flour…
A History of Danish Cinema
The first English-language book to cover Danish cinema from the 1890s to the present day Contextualises the work of renowned filmmakers including Carl Th. Dreyer, Lars von Trier, Thomas Vinterberg, Susanne Bier Discusses national genres and traditions, including popular comedies, heritage film, children’s film, porn, documentary and immigrant filmmakers Examines a range of film institutions and policies, including production companies, state supp…
Denmark, Kingdom of everything erotic’
Denmark was the first country in the world to decriminalize visual pornography in 1969, and several sources indicate that Danish feature sex films were exported widely in the 1970s. Yet our knowledge of the international distribution of these films is very limited. The overall argument in this article is that instead of relying on a wide variety of scattered sources, it is possible to provide consistent answers by limiting the selection of data t…
Art (4 works) · European Cultural and National Identity (4 works) · Art history (3 works) · Danish (3 works) · History (3 works) · History (3 works) · Motion pictures (3 works) · Movie theater (3 works) · Cinema and Media Studies (2 works) · European history and politics (2 works)