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Dismantling the Dream Factory

Author : Hester Baer
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 0857456172
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (574 download)

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Download or read book Dismantling the Dream Factory written by Hester Baer and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2012-02 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of postwar German cinema has most often been told as a story of failure, a failure paradoxically epitomized by the remarkable popularity of film throughout the late 1940s and 1950s. Through the analysis of 10 representative films, Hester Baer reassesses this period, looking in particular at how the attempt to 'dismantle the dream factory' of Nazi entertainment cinema resulted in a new cinematic language which developed as a result of the changing audience demographic. In an era when female viewers comprised 70 per cent of cinema audiences a 'women's cinema' emerged, which sought to appeal to female spectators through its genres, star choices, stories and formal conventions. In addition to analyzing the formal language and narrative content of these films, Baer uses a wide array of other sources to reconstruct the original context of their reception, including promotional and publicity materials, film programs, censorship documents, reviews and spreads in fan magazines. This book presents a new take on an essential period, which saw the rebirth of German cinema after its thorough delegitimization under the Nazi regime.

The History of German Literature on Film

Author : Christiane Schönfeld
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1628923741
Total Pages : 721 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (289 download)

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Download or read book The History of German Literature on Film written by Christiane Schönfeld and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2023-06-15 with total page 721 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the story of German-language literature on film, beginning with pioneering motion picture adaptations of Faust in 1897 and early debates focused on high art as mass culture. It explores, analyzes and contextualizes the so-called 'golden age' of silent cinema in the 1920s, the impact of sound on adaptation practices, the abuse of literary heritage by Nazi filmmakers, and traces the role of German-language literature in exile and postwar films, across ideological boundaries in divided Germany, in New German Cinema, and in remakes and movies for cinema as well as television and streaming services in the 21st century. Having provided the narrative core to thousands of films since the late 19th century, many of German cinema's most influential masterpieces were inspired by canonical texts, popular plays, and even children's literature. Not being restricted to German adaptations, however, this book also traces the role of literature originally written in German in international film productions, which sheds light on the interrelation between cinema and key historical events. It outlines how processes of adaptation are shaped by global catastrophes and the emergence of nations, by materialist conditions, liberal economies and capitalist imperatives, political agendas, the mobility of individuals, and sometimes by the desire to create reflective surfaces and, perhaps, even art. Commercial cinema's adaptation practices have foregrounded economic interest, but numerous filmmakers throughout cinema history have turned to German-language literature not simply to entertain, but as a creative contribution to the public sphere, marking adaptation practice, at least potentially, as a form of active citizenship.

Rubble Films

Author : Robert Shandley
Publisher : Temple University Press
ISBN 13 : 1592138063
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (921 download)

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Download or read book Rubble Films written by Robert Shandley and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An insightful analysis of German film in the immediate postwar era.

Abandoned America

Author : Matthew Christopher
Publisher : Jonglez Photo Books
ISBN 13 : 9782361950941
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book Abandoned America written by Matthew Christopher and published by Jonglez Photo Books. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally intended as an examination of the rise and fall of the state hospital system, Matthew Christopher's Abandoned America rapidly grew to encompass derelict factories and industrial sites, schools, churches, power plants, hospitals, prisons, military installations, hotels, resorts, homes, and more.

The Knowledge Factory

Author : Stanley Aronowitz
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807031230
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (312 download)

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Download or read book The Knowledge Factory written by Stanley Aronowitz and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2001-03-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Americans can't get a good education for love or money, argues Stanley Aronowitz in this groundbreaking look at the structure and curriculum of higher education. Moving beyond the canon wars begun in Allan Bloom's The Closing of the American Mind, Aronowitz offers a vision for true higher learning that places a well-rounded education back at the center of the university's mission.

Postwall German Cinema

Author : Mattias Frey
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 0857459481
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (574 download)

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Download or read book Postwall German Cinema written by Mattias Frey and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, there has been a proliferation of German historical films. These productions have earned prestigious awards and succeeded at box offices both at home and abroad, where they count among the most popular German films of all time. Recently, however, the country’s cinematic take on history has seen a significant new development: the radical style, content, and politics of the New German Cinema. With in-depth analyses of the major trends and films, this book represents a comprehensive assessment of the historical film in today’s Germany. Challenging previous paradigms, it takes account of a postwall cinema that complexly engages with various historiographical forms and, above all, with film history itself.

Cinema of Choice

Author : Nitzan Ben Shaul
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 0857455923
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (574 download)

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Download or read book Cinema of Choice written by Nitzan Ben Shaul and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Standard Hollywood narrative movies prescribe linear narratives that cue the viewer to expect predictable outcomes and adopt a closed state of mind. There are, however, a small number of movies that, through the presentation of alternate narrative paths, open the mind to thoughts of choice and possibility. Through the study of several key movies for which this concept is central, such as Sliding Doors, Run Lola Run, Inglourious Basterds, and Rashomon, Nitzan Ben Shaul examines the causes and implications of optional thinking and how these movies allow for more open and creative possibilities. This book examines the methods by which standard narrative movies close down thinking processes and deliver easy pleasures to the viewer whilst demonstrating that this is not the only possibility and that optional thinking can be both stimulating and rewarding.

Dismantling the Dream Factory

Author : Hester Baer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (113 download)

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Download or read book Dismantling the Dream Factory written by Hester Baer and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Masculinities in Polish, Czech and Slovak Cinema

Author : Ewa Mazierska
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 178238216X
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (823 download)

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Book Synopsis Masculinities in Polish, Czech and Slovak Cinema by : Ewa Mazierska

Download or read book Masculinities in Polish, Czech and Slovak Cinema written by Ewa Mazierska and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2008-11-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gender, especially masculinity, is a perspective rarely applied in discourses on cinema of Eastern/Central Europe. Masculinities in Polish, Czech and Slovak Cinema exposes an English-speaking audience to a large proportion of this region’s cinema that previously remained unknown, focusing on the relationship between representation of masculinity and nationality in the films of two and later three countries: Poland, Czechoslovakia/the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The objective of the book is to discuss the main types of men populating Polish, Czech and Slovak films: that of soldier, father, heterosexual and homosexual lover, against a rich political, social and cultural background. Czech, Slovak and Polish cinema appear to provide excellent material for comparison as they were produced in neighbouring countries which for over forty years endured a similar political system – state socialism.

Lost Objects of Desire

Author : Mark Nicholls
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 0857454439
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (574 download)

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Download or read book Lost Objects of Desire written by Mark Nicholls and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2012-07-09 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first book-length critical study of Jeremy Irons concentrates on his key performances and acting style. Through the analysis of some of the major screen roles in Irons's career, such as Brideshead Revisited, The French Lieutenant's Woman, Reversal of Fortune, Swann in Love, Dead Ringers and Lolita, Mark Nicholls identifies a new masculine identity that unites them: an emblematic figure of the 1980s and 1990s presented as an alternative to the action hero or the common man. Using clear explanations of complex theoretical ideas, this book investigates Jeremy Irons's performances through the lens of sexual inversion and social rebellion, to uncover an entirely original but recognizable screen type.

Framing Africa

Author : Nigel Eltringham
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 1782380744
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (823 download)

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Download or read book Framing Africa written by Nigel Eltringham and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first decade of the 21st century has seen a proliferation of North American and European films that focus on African politics and society. While once the continent was the setting for narratives of heroic ascendancy over self (The African Queen, 1951; The Snows of Kilimanjaro, 1952), military odds (Zulu, 1964; Khartoum, 1966) and nature (Mogambo, 1953; Hatari!,1962; Born Free, 1966; The Last Safari, 1967), this new wave of films portrays a continent blighted by transnational corruption (The Constant Gardener, 2005), genocide (Hotel Rwanda, 2004; Shooting Dogs, 2006), ‘failed states’ (Black Hawk Down, 2001), illicit transnational commerce (Blood Diamond, 2006) and the unfulfilled promises of decolonization (The Last King of Scotland, 2006). Conversely, where once Apartheid South Africa was a brutal foil for the romance of East Africa (Cry Freedom, 1987; A Dry White Season, 1989), South Africa now serves as a redeemed contrast to the rest of the continent (Red Dust, 2004; Invictus, 2009). Writing from the perspective of long-term engagement with the contexts in which the films are set, anthropologists and historians reflect on these films and assess the contemporary place Africa holds in the North American and European cinematic imagination.

Avant-garde to New Wave

Author : Jonathan L. Owen
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 0857451278
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (574 download)

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Download or read book Avant-garde to New Wave written by Jonathan L. Owen and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2011-02-01 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cultural liberalization of communist Czechoslovakia in the 1960s produced many artistic accomplishments, not least the celebrated films of the Czech New Wave. This movement saw filmmakers use their new freedom to engage with traditions of the avant-garde, especially Surrealism. This book explores the avant-garde's influence over the New Wave and considers the political implications of that influence. The close analysis of selected films, ranging from the Oscar-winning Closely Observed Trains to the aesthetically challenging Daisies, is contextualized by an account of the Czech avant-garde and a discussion of the films' immediate cultural and political background.

Organic Cinema

Author : Thorsten Botz-Bornstein
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 1785335677
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (853 download)

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Download or read book Organic Cinema written by Thorsten Botz-Bornstein and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2017-06-01 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The “organic” is by now a venerable concept within aesthetics, architecture, and art history, but what might such a term mean within the spatialities and temporalities of film? By way of an answer, this concise and innovative study locates organicity in the work of Béla Tarr, the renowned Hungarian filmmaker and pioneer of the “slow cinema” movement. Through a wholly original analysis of the long take and other signature features of Tarr’s work, author Thorsten Botz-Bornstein establishes compelling links between the seemingly remote spheres of film and architecture, revealing shared organic principles that emphasize the transcendence of boundaries.

Postmodernism in the Cinema

Author : Cristina Degli-Esposti
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 178920383X
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (892 download)

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Download or read book Postmodernism in the Cinema written by Cristina Degli-Esposti and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 1998-07-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although "Postmodernism" has been a widely used catch word and its concept extensively discussed in philosophy, political thought, and the arts, many scholars still feel uneasy about it Despite the fact that the concept can be traced back to Arnold Toynbee's 1939 edition of A Study of History, or even back into the nineteenth century, its amorphous nature continues to confound many scholars, not least because there are not one but several kinds of postmodernism, each one pointing to different states of questioning and to diverse ways of remembering, interpreting, and representing. This anthology makes a significant contribution to the current debate in that it offers sophisticated and multi-faceted discussions of a number of key issues in relation to cinema such as auteurism, national cinemas, metacinema, the parodic, history, and colonization.

Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema

Author : Maria Fritsche
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 0857459465
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (574 download)

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Download or read book Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema written by Maria Fritsche and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the massive influx of Hollywood movies and films from other European countries after World War II, Austrian film continued to be hugely popular with Austrian and German audiences. By examining the decisive role that popular cinema played in the turbulent post-war era, this book provides unique insights into the reconstruction of a disrupted society. Through detailed analysis of the stylistic patterns, narratives and major themes of four popular genres of the time, costume film, Heimatfilm, tourist film and comedy, the book explains how popular cinema helped to shape national identity, smoothed conflicted gender relations and relieved the Austrians from the burden of the Nazi past through celebrating the harmonious, charming, musical Austrian man.

Monatshefte

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (891 download)

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Download or read book Monatshefte written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Emergence of Film Culture

Author : Malte Hagener
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 1782384243
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (823 download)

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Download or read book The Emergence of Film Culture written by Malte Hagener and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between the two world wars, a distinct and vibrant film culture emerged in Europe. Film festivals and schools were established; film theory and history was written that took cinema seriously as an art form; and critical writing that created the film canon flourished. This scene was decidedly transnational and creative, overcoming traditional boundaries between theory and practice, and between national and linguistic borders. This new European film culture established film as a valid form of social expression, as an art form, and as a political force to be reckoned with. By examining the extraordinarily rich and creative uses of cinema in the interwar period, we can examine the roots of film culture as we know it today.