Fritz Lang's Metropolis: Cinematic Visions of Technology and Fear - Couverture souple

 
9781571131461: Fritz Lang's Metropolis: Cinematic Visions of Technology and Fear
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ISBN 10 : 1571131469 ISBN 13 : 9781571131461
Editeur : Camden House Inc, 2002

Synopsis

Fritz Lang's classic 1927 film Metropolis has justifiably become an icon for the complexities of Weimar culture. Among the important general issues it also raises are the relation between ideology and art, the status and authorship of the film text in the entertainment market, the city, the construction of gender, the relation between the human body and the machine in modernity, and the relation between mass and high culture. This volume provides a broad range of materials and resources for the study of Lang's film, including both well-known, previously published critical essays and contributions appearing for the first time here. The editors provide a two-part introduction that furnishes context for what follows: Bachmann's part deals with the genesis, production, and contemporary reception of the film, while Minden's defines the problems posed by the text and reviews the solutions to these problems as proposed by later generations of critics. The first part of the book proper includes selected contemporary reviews, commentary by Fritz Lang and others involved in the making of the film, and extracts from Thea von Harbou's original novel. In the second part, eight modern scholars provide fresh essays on the genesis, promotion, and reception of the film. Approximately half of the material in the volume has never before appeared in print. The volume will appeal to students of German, film, cultural and intellectual history, and social theory. Michael Minden is University Lecturer in German at Cambridge University and a fellow of Jesus College. Holger Bachmann received his Ph.D. from Cambridge on Arthur Schnitzler and film.

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À propos des auteurs

Michael Minden is University Lecturer in German at Cambridge University, and a fellow of Jesus College.

Holger Bachmann received his Ph.D. from Cambridge University in 1997 with a dissertation on Arthur Schnitzler and film.

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Éditeur
Camden House Inc
Date d'édition
2002
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1571131469
ISBN 13 
9781571131461
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
340
Éditeur
Minden Michael, Bachmann Holger
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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