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A Companion to German Cinema

Author : Terri Ginsberg,Andrea Mensch
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 618 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-13
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781405194365

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A Companion to German Cinema by Terri Ginsberg,Andrea Mensch Pdf

A Companion to German Cinema A Companion to German Cinema regards the shifting terrain of German filmmaking and film studies against their larger social contexts with twenty-two newly commissioned essays by well-established and younger scholars in the field. While several of these focus on classic topics such as Weimar cinema, Fifties cinema, New German Cinema and its legacy, and Holocaust film, the collection is distinguished by its focus on new developments and the innovative light they may shed on earlier practices. A Companion to German Cinema includes essays on Berlin Film, Neue Heimat Film, New Comedy, post-Wall documentaries, the post-Wende RAF genre, and Rabenmutter imagery, as well as on the persistently overlooked and under-theorized Indianerfilme, post-AIDS documentaries, sexploitation films, and new multicultural and transnational films produced in Germany under the auspices of the European Union. Organized into three “movements” representing the significance of these developments for their aesthetic theorization, A Companion to German Cinema challenges its readers to address critical gaps in the field with the aim of opening it further onto new terrains of intellectual engagement.

The Companion to German Cinema

Author : British Film Institute
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1995-05-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0304341568

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The Companion to German Cinema by British Film Institute Pdf

An A-Z reference book including: - introductory essays on German film - biographies of key film-makers, actors, actresses and other industry figures - significant films - detailed filmographies - schools of thought and movements - institutions, technical innovations, publications, awards, archives and critics - the relationships between German film, European cinema and Hollywood -- A unique reference book celebrating a century of German cinema -- Generously illustrated with film stills -- An invaluable reference source for students of film, media and cultural studies

The BFI Companion to German Cinema

Author : Thomas Elsaesser,Michael Wedel
Publisher : British Film Institute
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015047528792

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The BFI Companion to German Cinema by Thomas Elsaesser,Michael Wedel Pdf

"Over two hundred entries on film actors, directors, producers, cinematographers, critics, film industry, film movements and festivals cover the entire spectrum of German-speaking cinema from the 1890s to the popular comedies of the 1990s. In-depth articles consider the artistic peaks of Weimer cinema, the emigre directors, film politics, and the star system of Nazi cinema, women and film, the New German Cinema and the revival of genre cinema since. Entries evaluate such notables as Fritz Lang, Marlene Dietrich, Leni Riefenstahl, Erich Pommer, Conrad Veidt, Wim Wenders and R.W. Fassbinder, as well as popular genres (the "Heimat" film, literary adaptations, musicals) alongside the major studios (UFA and DEFA) and international personalities such as Klaus Kinski, Wolfgang Petersen, and Michael Ballhaus. Leading international scholar Thomas Elsaesser also contributes an introductory essay on developments in post-unification German cinema, placing it in the context of its recent history and of general relations between Hollywood and European cinema."--Publisher description.

The German Cinema Book

Author : Tim Bergfelder,Erica Carter,Deniz Göktürk,Claudia Sandberg
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 625 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-20
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781911239420

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The German Cinema Book by Tim Bergfelder,Erica Carter,Deniz Göktürk,Claudia Sandberg Pdf

This comprehensively revised, updated and significantly extended edition introduces German film history from its beginnings to the present day, covering key periods and movements including early and silent cinema, Weimar cinema, Nazi cinema, the New German Cinema, the Berlin School, the cinema of migration, and moving images in the digital era. Contributions by leading international scholars are grouped into sections that focus on genre; stars; authorship; film production, distribution and exhibition; theory and politics, including women's and queer cinema; and transnational connections. Spotlight articles within each section offer key case studies, including of individual films that illuminate larger histories (Heimat, Downfall, The Lives of Others, The Edge of Heaven and many more); stars from Ossi Oswalda and Hans Albers, to Hanna Schygulla and Nina Hoss; directors including F.W. Murnau, Walter Ruttmann, Wim Wenders and Helke Sander; and film theorists including Siegfried Kracauer and Béla Balázs. The volume provides a methodological template for the study of a national cinema in a transnational horizon.

A Companion to Early Cinema

Author : André Gaudreault,Nicolas Dulac,Santiago Hidalgo
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012-07-02
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781444332315

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A Companion to Early Cinema by André Gaudreault,Nicolas Dulac,Santiago Hidalgo Pdf

An authoritative and much-needed overview of the main issues in the field of early cinema from over 30 leading international scholars in the field First collection of its kind to offer in one reference: original theory, new research, and reviews of existing studies in the field Features over 30 original essays from some of the leading scholars in early cinema and Film Studies, including Tom Gunning, Jane Gaines, Richard Abel, Thomas Elsaesser, and André Gaudreault Caters to renewed interest in film studies’ historical methods, with strict analysis of multiple and competing sources, providing a critical re-contextualization of films, printed material and technologies Covers a range of topics in early cinema, such as exhibition, promotion, industry, pre-cinema, and film criticism Broaches the latest research on the subject of archival practices, important particularly in the current digital context

"The Lives of Others" and Contemporary German Film

Author : Paul Cooke
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783110268478

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"The Lives of Others" and Contemporary German Film by Paul Cooke Pdf

This volume offers the first book-length academic investigation of Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s Oscar-winning film The Lives of Others (2006). The aim of this edited collection is twofold. On the one hand, it offers new insight into one of the most successful German films of the past two decades, placing The Lives of Others within its wider historical, political, aesthetic and industrial context. On the other, it offers this group of scholars, which includes many of the leading international figures in the field, opportunity to make a series of interventions on the state of contemporary German film and German film studies.

A Companion to Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Author : Brigitte Peucker
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 659 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-04
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781444354058

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A Companion to Rainer Werner Fassbinder by Brigitte Peucker Pdf

A Companion to Rainer Werner Fassbinder is the first of its kind to engage with this important figure. Twenty-eight essays by an international group of scholars consider this controversial director's contribution to German cinema, German history, gender studies, and auteurship. A fresh collection of original research providing diverse perspectives on Fassbinder’s work in films, television, poetry, and underground theatre. Rainer Werner Fassbinder remains the preeminent filmmaker of the New German Cinema whose brief but prolific body of work spans from the latter half of the 1960s to the artist’s death in 1982. Interrogates Fassbinder’s influence on the seminal ideas of his time: auteurship, identity, race, queer studies, and the cataclysmic events of German twentieth century history Contributions from internationally diverse scholars specializing in film, culture, and German studies. Includes coverage of his key films including: Gods of the Plague (1970), Beware of a Holy Whore (1971), The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972), Martha (1973) (TV), World on a Wire (1973), Effi Briest (1974), Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974), Fox and His Friends (1975), Fear of Fear (1975), Chinese Roulette (1976), In a Year With 13 Moons (1978), Despair (1978), The Third Generation (1979), Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (TV), and Querelle (1982).

Studying German Cinema

Author : Maggie Hoffgen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : STANFORD:36105124124186

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Studying German Cinema by Maggie Hoffgen Pdf

"Taking a text-led, chronological approach, Studying German Cinema is directed at non-specialists such as students of German, film studies, and the general reader with an interest in German cinema seeking a useful primer to the subject."--P. [4] of cover.

The Cambridge Companion to Modern German Culture

Author : Eva Kolinsky,Wilfried van der Will
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Art
ISBN : 0521568706

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The Cambridge Companion to Modern German Culture by Eva Kolinsky,Wilfried van der Will Pdf

One of the most intriguing questions of our time is how some of the masterpieces of modernity originated in a country in which personal liberty and democracy were slow to emerge. This Companion provides an authoritative account of modern German culture since the onset of industrialisation, the rise of mass society and the nation state. Newly written and researched by experts in their respective fields, individual chapters trace developments in German culture - including national identity, class, Jews in German society, minorities and women, the functions of folk and mass culture, poetry, drama, theatre, dance, music, art, architecture, cinema and mass media - from the nineteenth century to the present. Guidance is given for further reading and a chronology is provided. In its totality the Companion shows how the political and social processes that shaped modern Germany are intertwined with cultural genres and their agendas of creative expression.

A Companion to Fritz Lang

Author : Joe McElhaney
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 623 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2015-01-27
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780470670972

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A Companion to Fritz Lang by Joe McElhaney Pdf

A Companion to Fritz Lang “Fritz Lang’s movie-making spans a major part of the history of cinema, across genres, styles, and national contexts. With smartness and sharpness, the essays in this essential volume come from many angles to capture the richness of Lang’s cinema and bring great insight to its study.” Dana Polan, Cinema Studies, NYU Fritz Lang’s influence on cinema cannot be overstated, with a career that stretched from the silent era in Germany to the decline of the Hollywood studio system in the late 1950s, from the Weimar Republic to Nazi Germany, from Depression America to the McCarthy era. One of the best known émigrés from Germany’s school of Expressionism, Lang is also credited with influencing the emergence of film noir. A Companion to Fritz Lang offers the first full-scale collection of scholarship available in English on one of the most important filmmakers of all time. Addressing much of Lang’s voluminous body of work, from Metropolis and M, to lesser-known titles such as Western Union and Clash by Night, this volume offers a superb overview of Lang’s cinema with revealing insights into his enduring influence on directors such as Godard, Scorsese, Chabrol, and Tarantino. The two dozen essays presented here are an unrivaled and up-to-the-minute assessment of the prolific and resilient life and vision of one of cinema’s greatest auteurs.

German Culture through Film

Author : Robert C. Reimer,Reinhard Zachau
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781585108572

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German Culture through Film by Robert C. Reimer,Reinhard Zachau Pdf

German Culture through Film: An Introduction to German Cinema is an English-language text that serves equally well in courses on modern German film, in courses on general film studies, in courses that incorporate film as a way to study culture, and as an engaging resource for scholars, students, and devotees of cinema and film history. In its second edition, German Culture through Film expands on the first edition, providing additional chapters with context for understanding the era in which the featured films were produced. Thirty-three notable German films are arranged in seven chronological chapters, spanning key moments in German film history, from the silent era to the present. Each chapter begins with an introduction that focuses on the history and culture surrounding films of the relevant period. Sections within chapters are each devoted to one particular film, providing film credits, a summary of the story, background information, an evaluation, questions and activities to encourage diverse interpretations, a list of related films, and bibliographical information on the films discussed.

A Companion to the Literature of German Expressionism

Author : Neil H. Donahue
Publisher : Camden House
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781571131751

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A Companion to the Literature of German Expressionism by Neil H. Donahue Pdf

New essays examining the complex period of rich artistic ferment that was German literary Expressionism.

DEFA at the Crossroads of East German and International Film Culture

Author : Marc Silberman,Henning Wrage
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-21
Category : Art
ISBN : 9783110273458

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DEFA at the Crossroads of East German and International Film Culture by Marc Silberman,Henning Wrage Pdf

Motion picture production, distribution, exhibition and reception has always been a transnational phenomenon, yet East Germany, situated at the edge of the post-war Iron Curtain, separated by a boundary that became materialized in the Berlin Wall in 1961, resembles nothing if not an island, a protected space where film production developed under the protection of government subsidy and ideological purity. This volume proposes on the contrary that the GDR cinema was never just a monologue. Rather, its media landscape was characterized by constant dialogue, if not competition, with both the capitalist West and socialist East. These thirteen essays reshape DEFA cinema studies by exploring international networks, identifying lines of influence beyond national boundaries and recognizing genre qualities that surpass the temporal and spatial confines. The international team of film specialists present detailed analyses of over fifty films, including fiction features, adaptations of literary classics, children's films, documentaries, and examples from genres such as music, sci-fi, Westerns and crime films. With contributions by Seán Allan, Hunter Bivens, Benita Blessing, Barton Byg, Jaimey Fisher, Sabine Hake, Nick Hodgin, Manuel Köppen, Anke Pinkert, Larson Powell, Brad Prager, Marc Silberman, Stefan Soldovieri, andHenning Wrage.

A Companion to Chinese Cinema

Author : Yingjin Zhang
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 705 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-23
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781444330298

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A Companion to Chinese Cinema by Yingjin Zhang Pdf

A Companion to Chinese Cinema is a collection of original essays written by experts in a range of disciplines that provide a comprehensive overview of the evolution and current state of Chinese cinema. Represents the most comprehensive coverage of Chinese cinema to date Applies a multidisciplinary approach that maps the expanding field of Chinese cinema in bold and definitive ways Draws attention to previously neglected areas such as diasporic filmmaking, independent documentary, film styles and techniques, queer aesthetics, star studies, film and other arts or media Features several chapters that explore China’s new market economy, government policy, and industry practice, placing the intricate relationship between film and politics in a historical and international context Includes overviews of Chinese film studies in Chinese and English publications

A Companion to Werner Herzog

Author : Brad Prager
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 651 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-21
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781405194402

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A Companion to Werner Herzog by Brad Prager Pdf

A Companion to Werner Herzog showcases over two dozen original scholarly essays examining nearly five decades of filmmaking by one of the most acclaimed and innovative figures in world cinema. First collection in twenty years dedicated to examining Herzog’s expansive career Features essays by international scholars and Herzog specialists Addresses a broad spectrum of the director’s films, from his earliest works such as Signs of Life and Fata Morgana to such recent films as The Bad Lieutenant and Encounters at the End of the World Offers creative, innovative approaches guided by film history, art history, and philosophy Includes a comprehensive filmography that also features a list of the director’s acting appearances and opera productions Explores the director’s engagement with music and the arts, his self-stylization as a global filmmaker, his Bavarian origins, and even his love-hate relationship with the actor Klaus Kinski