Teet Teinemaa

Tallinn University, Baltic Film, Media, Arts and Communication School, Faculty Member

University of York, English and Related Literature, Alumnus

University of Warwick, Film and Television Studies, Alumnus

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Latvian Academy of Culture

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University of Zaragoza

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University of Warwick

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Vilnius University

Tiago de Luca

University of Warwick

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Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

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Dissertations by Teet Teinemaa

"The Two Way Street of 'Magnolia'"

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"Colliding with 'Crash'"

, a contemporary multiprotagonist film, in light of the philosophy of Jacques Derrida, Emmanuel L... more , a contemporary multiprotagonist film, in light of the philosophy of Jacques Derrida, Emmanuel Levinas and Jacques Rancière. It brings out the main limitations within Crash's concept of tolerance, which the film offers as a final solution to the depicted racial problems, and the complications emerging from the film's attempt to completely control its message.

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Book Reviews by Teet Teinemaa

Book Review: Olev Remsu, Filmidraamatehnika [Techne of Film Drama]

Book Review: Olev Remsu, Filmidraamatehnika [Techne of Film Drama] (Tartu: Tartu University Press... more

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Articles by Teet Teinemaa

“We Are All Just on Our Own”: The Neoliberal Ideology of Self-Sustainability in "Killing Them Softly"

Film International , 2019

Andrew Dominik's crime film "Killing Them Softly", set during the 2008 global economic crisis and... more Andrew Dominik's crime film "Killing Them Softly", set during the 2008 global economic crisis and the U.S. presidential elections, was criticised for crudely combining political found footage with its fictional world of crime. Instead of recognising the film as naively equating the two, it can be seen as suggesting that the neoliberal prioritisation of self-interest runs through the most various aspects of contemporary society. Via this the film can be seen to be exemplifying that rather than a deception, ideology is a structural component of one's belonging to a social system.

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Global Multi-Protagonist Trends in a Local Setting: The Case of Frozen Land and Autumn Ball

Baltic Screen Media Review, 2017

This article explores whether a specifically regional quality can be identified in the following ... more This article explores whether a specifically regional quality can be identified in the following Finnish and Estonian multi-protagonist/network narrative films: Aku Louhimies’ Frozen Land (Paha maa, Finland, 2005) and Veiko Õunpuu’s Autumn Ball (Sügisball, Estonia, 2007). The article begins by providing an overview of the discussion regarding multi-protagonist films - a film form in which several lead characters are commonly connected via accidental encounters. Thereafter, an examination is made of how the form’s widely recognised generic qualities are represented in the Northern and Eastern European examples. As an overview of the discourse illustrates, multi-protagonist film is mainly interested in urban spatiality, contingency and human interconnectedness. It is also shown that these examples from the cinemas of small nations follow global trends rather closely. At the same time, Frozen Land and Autumn Ball can be seen as representing a specifically regional sensibility that is not only interesting in its own right, but which can also be understood as directly influencing the character-action.

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