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This work brings together film specialists from Europe and the United States to explore German film history from the late 19th to the early 21st century. It re-evaluates traditional areas of interest in German cinema (such as Weimar cinema, Nazi propaganda, and New German Cinema), and looks at neglected aspects, including early cinema, the cinema of the GDR, popular genre traditions, questions of national cinema and identity, and German film's transnational connections to Hollywood, as well as to exile and migrant cinemas. It places particular emphasis on genres and stars in the wider context of state and industry at home and abroad. The collection comprises five thematic sections: popular cinema; stars; institutional and cultural frameworks; cultural politics; and transnational connections.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #394423 in Books
• Published on: 2002-12-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 302 pages

Customer Reviews

The German Cinema Bible
I could not recommend this book highly enough. It brings together the leading authorities on German Cinema studies from around the world and presents the most up to date analysis in theory and criticism of the field. One important aspect to the book is its dispelling many of the myths regarding German cinema, liberating its study from the limited assumptions of past analyses and progressing the subject on from earlier writers such as Siegfried Kracauer. The tone is highly academic, yet remains clear and accessible, and is presented in the BFI's beautiful Cinema Book format. This book is a must for any student of European film.