{"product_id":"the-life-and-afterlife-of-jan-olsson-9780299339906","title":"The Life and Afterlife of Swedish Biograph: From Commercial Circulation to Archival Practices","description":"\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jan Olsson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0299339904\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780299339906\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Wisconsin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/13\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Jan Olsson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44078091796735,"sku":"9780299339906","price":79.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_40d3b33d-9772-44de-a3b6-319ff43c3297.jpg?v=1685473497","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-life-and-afterlife-of-jan-olsson-9780299339906","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}