The Political Economy of Film

Abstract

This paper is based on the assumption that film is a form of mediated communication, thus appropriate for many of the approaches used in studying other forms of media. The article begins with a brief discussion of the Political Economy of Communication, their tehoretical principle and their main differences with media economics, and then focusses more specifically on the Political Economy of film, pointing to the significance of the approach, as well as identifying questions raised and methods used in this type of analysis, less often explained by political economists. Thus it is called for a cross media analysis, film industry included, and to foster with another critical approaches.