Immigrant Cinema
National cinema — the case of beur film
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20079501 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Veijo Hietala, Ari Honka-Hallila, Hanna Kangasmemi, Martti Lahti, Kimmo Laine (0000-0001-5385-2184), Jukka Sihvonen (0000-0002-0691-2591) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Pages | 59-69 |
| Publication date | 2013-04-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Popular European Cinema (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.4324/9780203388624-10 |
| OpenAlex | W4242421291 |
| ISBN | 9780203388624 |
| Language | EN |
The popularity of the phenomenon called 'Uuno Turhapuro' is unique in Finland. The statistics speak for themselves: six out of the seven most successful Finnish films of the last six years (1984-90) were Uuno films. The largest audience for a single Finnish film in the 1970s and 1980s was for Uuno Turhapuro armeijan leivissä (Uuno Goes Military, 1984, 750.000 spectators), only narrowly beaten by two foreign films, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Papillon.1 The subsequent television presentations of most Uuno films have attracted further audiences of millions
Archaeology · Art · Art history · Immigration · Movie theater · National cinema · African history and culture studies · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · History
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |