Why is European cinema so different from Hollywood?

The Europeans | European news, politics and culture

Katy Lee and Dominic Kraemer

Politics, News, Society & Culture

4.8 • 162 Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Fewer expensive car chases, more moody shots and ambiguous endings: movies made in Europe are often very different from those made in the US. But Europe's more arty film output isn't just a product of our culture — it has a lot to do with how the industry is financed. This week, we're asking: why is European cinema the way it is, and should we be trying to change it? Plus, producer Wojciech Oleksiak joins Katy to discuss Europe's latest far-right alliance and why Kaja Kallas may be glad to be stepping down as Estonia's prime minister. This episode was supported by KIDS Regio. Thanks so much to project manager Anne Schultka for joining us, along with Tamara Kolarić, assistant professor in social sciences at SALIS, Dublin City University.

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This week's Inspiration Station picks: Euro 2024 and Search Engine: 'Why didn't Chris and Dan get into Berghain?' Parts 1 and 2 Other resources: 'The Hungarian presidency: Let the games begin' - Politico Europe, June 25, 2024

00:22 Hot in Warsaw, even hotter in Paris
02:45 Good Week: Kaja Kallas (and her replacement)
12:40 Bad Week: The Mainstream
26:05 Interview: Anne Schultka and Tamara Kolarić on how money shapes Europe's film industry
43:56 The Inspiration Station: Something called 'football', and Search Engine: 'Why didn't Chris and Dan get into Berghain?' Parts 1 and 2
48:58 Happy Ending: Dominic's holiday voice note

Producers: Morgan Childs and Katy Lee

Mixing and mastering: Wojciech Oleksiak

Music: Jim Barne and Mariska Martina

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello, this is the Europeans, hosted by me, Katie Lee, your resident, very tired, very stressed out Parisian journalists.
0:30.4	And this week, standing in for Dominic, it's our producer in Warsaw.
0:33.5	Hello, Vojek Alexiak.
0:34.7	Hello.
0:35.4	How you doing?
0:36.2	I'm fine, I'm fine.
0:37.4	It's been good. Just one thing that really
0:39.6	bothers everybody and let me just be the most British person in the room for a second is that the
0:45.1	weather in Poland has been absolutely tropical in the past weeks. Yeah, you've had like 40 degrees in Warsaw,
0:51.5	right? Which is not, sorry to bring stereotypes into it. It's not what people
0:54.9	think of Warsaw. No, I don't think. And then, you know, we go from extreme heat to monson rains
1:00.7	and vague and like, you know, I'm okay with it. Although one of these rains completely ruined
1:06.6	my son's birthday garden party. But yeah, but we moved it inside and it was even more hectic and they loved it.
1:14.2	But then, you know, I've got this grandma who's 95 years old and she's really struggling to
1:18.7	bear with it.
1:19.4	Like, you know, she never had to endure anything like that.
1:21.5	Oh, poor thing.
1:22.6	So, yeah.
1:23.7	But anyway, I guess the political climate is even hotter in Paris.
1:28.1	Oh, nice segue.
1:29.9	How are you coping?
1:31.1	Oh, you know, I'm fine.
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