'Exile from the mainstream': Peter Watkins' work for Scandinavian TV in the 1970s

John R. Cook

doi:10.7227/CST.3.1.7

'Exile from the mainstream': Peter Watkins' work for Scandinavian TV in the 1970s

John R. Cook

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Based on extensive original research drawing upon material from radical British-born director Peter Watkins' own personal archive, this dossier sheds light on work Watkins did for Scandinavian television in the 1970s - The 70s People/70' ernes Folk (Denmark, 1974) and The Trap/Fällan (Sweden, 1975). It argues that the marginalisation Watkins experienced with these works illustrates the difficulties attendant upon the TV and film practitioner stepping out of their native cultural milieu to try to find a new 'home' for their work overseas and that this, in turn, raises critical questions about notions of media globalisation, right up to the present day.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	76-92
Number of pages	17
Journal	Critical Studies in Television
Volume	3
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7227/CST.3.1.7
Publication status	Published - Apr 2008

Keywords

film and television
media studies
Peter Watkins

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10.7227/CST.3.1.7

An Englishman abroad: evening land and the struggles of Peter Watkins within Scandinavian film culture of the 1970s
Cook, J. R., 1 Jun 2024, In: Journal of Scandinavian Cinema. 14, 2, p. 127-141 15 p.
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Book Review: Utopian television: Rossellini, Watkins, and Godard beyond cinema edited by Michael Cramer Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2017
Cook, J. R., 15 Aug 2019, In: Visual Studies. p. 1-2 2 p.
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'Exile from the mainstream': Peter Watkins' work for Scandinavian TV in the 1970s

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An Englishman abroad: evening land and the struggles of Peter Watkins within Scandinavian film culture of the 1970s

Book Review: Utopian television: Rossellini, Watkins, and Godard beyond cinema edited by Michael Cramer Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2017

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