2010, ISBN: 1571134689

[EAN: 9781571134684], [PU: Camden House], A history of German film dealing with individual films as works of art has long been needed Existing histories tend to treat cinema as an economi… Mehr…

[EAN: 9781571134684], [PU: Camden House], A history of German film dealing with individual films as works of art has long been needed Existing histories tend to treat cinema as an economic rather than an aesthetic phenomenon earlier surveys that do engage with individual films do not include films of recent decades This book treats representative films from the beginnings of German film to the present Providing historical context through an introduction and interchapters preceding the treatments of each eras films the volume is suitable for semester or yearlong survey courses and for anyone with an interest in German cinemaThe films The Student of Prague The Cabinet of Dr Caligari The Last Laugh Metropolis The Blue Angel M Triumph of the Will The Great Love The Murderers Are among Us Sun Seekers Trace of Stones The Legend of Paul and Paula Solo Sunny The Bridge Young Trless Aguirre The Wrath of God Germany in Autumn The Marriage of Maria Braun The Tin Drum Marianne and Juliane Wings of Desire Maybe Maybe Not Rossini Run Lola Run Good Bye Lenin Head On The Lives of OthersStephen Brockmann is Professor of German at Carnegie Mellon University and past President of the German Studies AssocationTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction Critical Film History and German StudiesEarly German Film History 18951918 Historical OverviewDer Student von Prag 1913 and Learning to LookWeimar Cinema 19191933 Historical OverviewDas Cabinet des Dr Caligari 1920 or Film as HypnosisDer letzte Mann 1924 or Learning to MoveMetropolis 1927 or Technology and SexDer blaue Engel 1927 and Learning to TalkM 1931 or Sound and TerrorNazi Cinema 19331945 Historical OverviewTriumph des Willens 1935 Documentary and PropagandaDie groe Liebe 1942 or Love and WarGerman Cinema at the Zero Hour 19451949 Historical OverviewDie Mrder sind unter uns 1946 The Rubble FilmPostwar East German Cinema 19491989 Historical OverviewSonnensucher 1958 or Searching for the Socialist SunSpur der Steine 1966 or Traces of RepressionDie Legende von Paul und Paula 1966 or East Germany in the 70sSolo Sunny 1980 or Even Socialism Cant Stave Off LonelinessPostwar West German Cinema 19491989 Historical OverviewDie Brcke 1959 Film and WarDer junge Trless 1966 or Recapturing TraditionAguirre der Zorn Gottes 1972 Film and the SublimeDeutschland im Herbst 1978 or Film and PoliticsDie Ehe der Maria Braun 1979 or West Germany RebuildsDie Blechtrommel 1979 or Coming to Terms with the Nazi PastDie bleierne Zeit 1981 Film and TerrorismDer Himmel ber Berlin 1987 Berlin City of AngelsGerman Film after Reunification 19902010 Historical OverviewDer bewegte Mann 1994 or West German SelfAbsorptionRossini 1994 or West German SelfAbsorption CriticizedLola rennt 1998 or Cool GermaniaGood Bye Lenin 2003 or Farewell to the Socialist MotherlandGegen die Wand 2004 or Germany Goes MulticulturalDas Leben der anderen 2006 or the Power of ArtIndex, Books<