The Cinema of Tod Browning - Essays of the Macabre and Grotesque

Informationen zum Autor Bernd Herzogenrath is a professor of American literature and culture and teaches at the University of Hannover and the University of Cologne! Germany. Klappentext Known for starring alongside Lon Chaney! Sr.! in numerous silents! and for directing the classics Dracula and Freaks! Tod Browning has been called the Edgar Allan Poe of the cinema. In this work! film scholars and Browning experts study a number of the major themes in his works. Topics covered include the connection between Browning! Poe and Kant; cinematic techniques; disability; masochism; sound and suspense; duality; parenthood; narrative and cinematic trickery; George Melford; surrealism; and the occult. A Browning filmography is included. Zusammenfassung As a director! actor! writer and producer! Tod Browning was one of the most dynamic Hollywood figures during the birth of commercial cinema. This collection of essays explores such topics as the connection between Browning! Poe and Kant; Browning's cinematic techniques; disability; masochism; sound and suspense; duality; and! parenthood.

Product details

• Authors: Bernd (EDT) Herzogenrath
• Assisted by: Bernd Herzogenrath (Editor)
• Publisher: McFarland
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.10.2008
• EAN: 9780786434473
• ISBN: 978-0-7864-3447-3
• Dimensions: 151 mm x 223 mm x 15 mm
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre