Gorgon''s Gaze - German Cinema, Expressionism, and the Image of Horror

Klappentext The Gorgon's Gaze is an interdisciplinary study of recurrent themes in German cinema as it has developed since the early twentieth century. Zusammenfassung The Gorgon's Gaze is an interdisciplinary study of recurrent themes in German cinema as it has developed since the early twentieth century. Coates explores the nature of expressionism and its persistence in the styles of such modern masters of Film noir as Orson Welles and Ingmar Bergman. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: the uncanny and the gorgon's gaze; 1. Silent cinema and expressionism; 2. The sleep of reason: monstrosity and disavowal; 3. Memory and repression in recent German cinema; 4. Expressionism in America; 5. Elective affinities and family resemblances: for Margarethe von Trotta; Appendixes; Notes; Selected bibliography; Filmography; Index.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Paul Coates
• Collaboration: Dudley Andrew (Editeur), William Rothman (Editeur)
• Edition: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 26.04.1991
• EAN: 9780521384094
• ISBN: 978-0-521-38409-4
• Pages: 304
• Thèmes: Cambridge Tracts in Theoretica; Cambridge Studies in Film
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Art > Théâtre, ballet; PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / General, Films, cinema, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General