Weimar cinema : an essential guide to classic films of the era /
Taken as a whole, the sixteen remarkable films discussed in this provocative new volume of essays represent the brilliant creativity that flourished in the name of German cinema between the wars. Encompassing early gangster pictures and science fiction, avant-garde and fantasy films, sexual intrigue...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
[2009]
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| Series: | Film and culture.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Taken as a whole, the sixteen remarkable films discussed in this provocative new volume of essays represent the brilliant creativity that flourished in the name of German cinema between the wars. Encompassing early gangster pictures and science fiction, avant-garde and fantasy films, sexual intrigues and love stories, the classics of silent cinema and Germany's first talkies, each chapter illuminates, among other things: the technological advancements of a given film, its detailed production history, its critical reception over time, and the place it occupies within the larger history. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 360 pages) : illustrations |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes filmography: pages 331-339. |
| ISBN: | 0231503857 9780231503853 1280597984 9781280597985 |