Weimar Cinema and After - Germany''s Historical Imaginary

Zusatztext 'A monumental work of research by any standard.' - Sight and Sound Informationen zum Autor Thomas Elsaesser is at the University of Amsterdam Klappentext German cinema of the 1920s is still regarded as one of the "golden ages" of world cinema. Films such as The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Nosferatu and The Blue Angel are among the key films defining an age of Germany as a nation uneasy with itself. Directors such as Fritz Lang, F.W. Murnau and G.W. Pabst, having apparently announced the horrors of fascism while testifying to the traumas of a defeated nation, cast long shadows over German cinema to this day.Weimar Cinema and After offers a fresh perspective on the arguments which view genres and movements such as "films of the fantastic", "Nazi Cinema", "film noir" and "New German Cinema" as typically German contributions to twentieth century visual culture. Elsaesser questions conventional readings which link these genres to romanticism and expressionism and offers new approaches to analyzing national cinema. Zusammenfassung Offers a fresh perspective on this most 'national' of national cinemas, re-evaluating the arguments which view genres and movements as typically German contributions to twentieth century visual culture. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Haunted Screens, Caligari's Cabinets and a German Studio-System 2. In the Realm of the Look: Lang, Lubitsch, Murnau and Pabst 3. Transparent Duplicities: Comedy, Opera, Operetta 4. After Weimar: Avantgarde and Modernisation, Emigration and Film Noir

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1. Haunted Screens, Caligari's Cabinets and a German Studio-System 2. In the Realm of the Look: Lang, Lubitsch, Murnau and Pabst 3. Transparent Duplicities: Comedy, Opera, Operetta 4. After Weimar: Avantgarde and Modernisation, Emigration and Film Noir

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'A monumental work of research by any standard.' - Sight and Sound

Product details

• Authors: T. P. (Thomas) Elsaesser, Thomas Elsaesser, Elsaesser Thomas
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.06.2000
• EAN: 9780415012348
• ISBN: 978-0-415-01234-8
• No. of pages: 480
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; Deutschland, Europäische Geschichte, Zwischen den Weltkriegen (1919 bis 1939 n. Chr.), Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, History, Media Studies, Fernsehen, TV, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Humanities, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Film history, theory or criticism