Eight Deadly Shots (1972) as a Medium of Cultural Memory : A Discourse Analysis on the Historical Reception
Year: 2024
Type: dissertation
Abstract: Eight Deadly Shots (1972) is recognized as an exceptional event in the Finnish film and television history, based on the controversy of its subject and the public discussion it stirred. As a highly realist work inspired by real life events, the film has been widely appropriated as a document on the past it refers to. This thesis approaches the relationship between the film and the past as a process of cultural memory. The five decades of the film’s reception are studied using discourse analysis, to trace how its status as a medium of cultural remembrance has been constructed and upheld.
Author: Talvila, Joonas
Language: English
Topic: Cinema History and Criticism
Subfield: Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7009345507