The Many Faces of Weimar Cinema: Rediscovering Germany's Filmic Legacy - Couverture rigide

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9781571134295: The Many Faces of Weimar Cinema: Rediscovering Germany's Filmic Legacy

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ISBN 10 : 1571134298 ISBN 13 : 9781571134295

Editeur : Camden House Inc, 2010

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The chapters excel in historically contextualizing their respective films... Richly illustrated... Generally strong essays and clear prose... MONATSHEFTE Goes beyond a mere reevaluation of film classics in matters of film and topic selection. . . . The essays offer readers fresh perspectives on . . . a cornucopia of undiscovered or relatively unknown filmic gems, paired with long overdue approaches of media studies . . . . The volume keeps its promise as claimed in the subtitle, as it genuinely rediscovers Germany's filmic legacy. --German Studies Review

A bold attempt at expanding the field and revising the standard literature. . . . (Its) main achievement is the emphasis it places on a formerly neglected set of films and topics. A detailed filmography provides . useful information on availability. . . . (The fact that the volume) is generously illustrated . . . helps greatly. --Times Literary Supplement

The films discussed here clearly warrant another look. Throughout the volume, the scholars' excitement about exploring this hitherto uncharted territory is palpable and infectious. The balance of theoretical scaffolding and ambitious storytelling make the articles . . . perfectly suited for undergraduates and should find ample use in film classes. Indeed the volume should inspire more classes on the early years of German cinema. As we will likely see an abundance of centennial celebrations and explorations of the Weimar era in the years ahead, this volume will prove to be a very helpful guide. WOMEN IN GERMAN NEWSLETTER Rogowski's outstanding collection moves beyond the familiar canon to reevaluate the diverse legacy of Weimar film. Eighteen readable, engaging essays by noted scholars provide new social, historical, and aesthetic contexts for understanding Weimar cinema and introduce readers to less-familiar popular, abstract, documentary, and genre films . . . Essential. --Choice

Pr�sentation de l'�diteur :

Traditionally, Weimar cinema has been equated with the work of a handful of auteurist filmmakers and a limited number of canonical films. Often a single, limited phenomenon, "expressionist film," has been taken as synonymous with the cinema of the entire period. But in recent decades, such reductive assessments have been challenged by developments in film theory and archival research that highlight the tremendous richness and diversity of Weimar cinema. This widening of focus has brought attention to issues such as film as commodity; questions of technology and genre; transnational collaborations and national identity; effects of changes in socioeconomics and gender roles on film spectatorship; and connections between film and other arts and media. Such shifts have been accompanied by archival research that has made a cornucopia of new information available, now augmented by the increased availability of films from the period on DVD. This wealth of new source material calls for a re-evaluation of Weimar cinema that considers the legacies of lesser-known directors and producers, popular genres, experiments of the artistic avant-garde, and nonfiction films, all of which are aspects attended to by the essays in this volume.

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