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1
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What does transnational refer to?

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“Trans” referring to across nations, specifically the flows and exchanges that characterize our current political, economic, and social lives

2
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What does transnational evoke a sense of?

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Movement, captures a phenomenon that defines the 20th century early, 21st century, flows and exchanges that move beyond the boundaries of a single state; the effects of globalization and the digital revolution

3
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International co-productions cross national boundaries in what way?

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Through financing and personnel (actors/actresses and crew)

4
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What kind of elements can travel across cinema of different nations?

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Aesthetic and key personnel

5
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Films flow toward and away from Hollywood, exchanges of interest to scholars researching “film and the transnational” discuss what?

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  • Those involving money, personnel, films
  • Those that emanate from Hollywood
  • Those that move toward Hollywood
  • Those that do not route themselves through Hollywood in any way
6
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Cinema has always depended on networks of what?

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Change and movement

7
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Many flows and exchanges do not come from Hollywood cinema, what is an example of this?

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Soviet cinema = Tout Va Bien

8
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Define unmarked transnationalism

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A transnationalism that doesn’t draw attention to itself (Mette Hjort)

9
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Define marked transnationalism

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The filmmakers purposefully direct viewers attention to different nations, and encourages viewers to think about transnationality (Mette Hjort)