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Palle Schantz Lauridsen
Palle Schantz Lauridsen, Ph.D., is Associate Professor at the Department of Scandinavian Studies, University of Copenhagen. Lauridsen has published Danish language books on film theory and has done research within in the field of popular media culture: From the James Bond phenomenon through film sound, urbanity and aesthetics, and more recently Dogma films, television drama, Suburbia in Danish Film and Television Culture, and Sherlock Holmes. Lauridsen is also a film critic at the Danish daily newspaper Kristeligt Dagblad. Among his publications in English are: ‘Reel Cities And Soundscapes’ (1997); ‘Film & variety theatre in Denmark: Media Interaction at the Turn of the Century’ (1997); ‘Defining a New Media. The Discourse on and Technology of Sound Film in Denmark and the USA, 1923–1930.’ (1995); ‘"A Considerable Repertoire was Necessary”. Sound in Danish Silent Cinema’ (1994).