Author : Ian Roberts
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 12,93 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN :
Covering classic films such as 'The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari' and 'Nosferatu' as well as under-appreciated examples such as 'Asphalt', this volume forms an essential introduction to one of cinema's most historically important movements.
Author : Dietrich Scheunemann
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 38,50 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1571130683
New essays by leading scholars giving a new picture of the variety of German expressionist cinema.
Author : Brill Olaf Brill
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 38,31 MB
Release : 2016-02-19
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1474411193
One of the most visually striking traditions in cinema, for too long Expressionism has been a neglected critical category of research in film history and aesthetics. The fifteen essays in this anthology remedies this by revisiting key German films like The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) and Nosferatu (1922), and also provide original critical research into more obscure titles like Nerven (1919) and The Phantom Carriage (1921), films that were produced in the silent and early sound era in countries ranging from France, Sweden and Hungary, to the United States and Mexico.An innovative and wide-ranging collection, Expressionism in the Cinema re-canonizes the classical Expressionist aesthetic, extending the critical and historical discussion beyond pre-existing scholarship into comparative and interdisciplinary areas of film research that reach across national boundaries.
Author : Paul Cooke
Publisher : No Exit Press
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 40,76 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Expressionism in motion pictures
ISBN :
German Expressionist film had a massive impact on 20th century film-making and on pop culture generally. Packed full of facts and analysis, this text is an ideal starting place for anyone interested in this period of film history.
Author : Siegfried Kracauer
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 29,88 MB
Release : 2019-04-02
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0691191344
An essential work of the cinematic history of the Weimar Republic by a leading figure of film criticism First published in 1947, From Caligari to Hitler remains an undisputed landmark study of the rich cinematic history of the Weimar Republic. Prominent film critic Siegfried Kracauer examines German society from 1921 to 1933, in light of such movies as The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, M, Metropolis, and The Blue Angel. He explores the connections among film aesthetics, the prevailing psychological state of Germans in the Weimar era, and the evolving social and political reality of the time. Kracauer makes a startling (and still controversial) claim: films as popular art provide insight into the unconscious motivations and fantasies of a nation. With a critical introduction by Leonardo Quaresima which provides context for Kracauer’s scholarship and his contributions to film studies, this Princeton Classics edition makes an influential work available to new generations of cinema enthusiasts.
Author : Lotte H. Eisner
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 35,52 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780520024793
Book on expressionism in German motion pictures.
Author : Neil H. Donahue
Publisher : Camden House
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 45,54 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1571131752
New essays examining the complex period of rich artistic ferment that was German literary Expressionism.
Author : Uli Jung
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 41,66 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Motion picture industry
ISBN : 9781571811967
Documents the work of the often neglected director of the German silent film classic, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. The chapters move chronologically through the different periods of Wiene's career, summarizing and critiquing 90 films he either directed or wrote. Originally published in German, the book includes black and white photographs and a filmography. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Mel Gordon
Publisher : Feral House
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 41,19 MB
Release : 2016-07-18
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1627310436
"Bloodcurdling shrieks, fiendish schemes, deeds of darkness, mayhem and mutilation—we all have a rough idea of what Grand Guignol stands for. But until now it has been hard to find out much more about it than that. According to the American theater historian Mel Gordon, no major history of the theater so much as mentions it, although it is a form of entertainment that held its own on the Paris stage for more than half a century. But Mr. Gordon has made a thorough job of filling the gap."—John Gross, The New York Times Here is the expanded edition of classic outré book, The Grand Guignol, first published in 1988 and now long out of print. Like the original anthology, it includes an illustrated introduction to the theater of Paris and abroad, a breakdown of its stage tricks, a summary of one hundred plots, extensive photo documentation, André de Lord's essay, "Fear in Literature," and two originally produced Grand Guignol scripts. The expanded edition also contains additional graphic and textual material including a color insert of Grand Guignol posters; the 1938 autobiographical account of Maxa, the company's leading female performer entitled "I Am the Maddest Woman in the World"; and the controversial playscript Orgy in the Lighthouse.
Author : Regina Seiwald
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 19,87 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3640812247
Essay from the year 2010 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: Sehr Gut, University of Birmingham (School of English), course: Film: Narrative, Meaning and Representation, language: English, abstract: Fritz Lang's films are influenced by German Expressionism, which originated in Germany in 1919 and ended in 1930. Extreme stylised mise-en-scène is employed to make the formal organisation of the films obvious (Cook 1999, p. 67). The main concern of German Expressionist films is to create a phantasy world, which is in stark contrast to the real world in order to reflect upon social grievances and chasms: Expressionism [...] is a reaction against the atom-splitting of Impressionism, which reflects the iridescent ambiguities, disquieting diversity, and ephemeral hues of nature. At the same time Expressionism sets itself against Naturalism with its mania for recording mere facts, and its paltry aim of photographing nature or daily life. The world is there for all to see; it would be absurd to reproduce it purely and simply as it is. (Eisner 1969, p. 10) This is especially evident in Fritz Lang's revolutionary filming technique as the employed shot types and angles enhance angst and paranoia in the spectator. M and The Woman in the Window are also influenced by so-called 'Kammerspiel'-films of the 1920s, through which a new psychological realism emerged. The introduction of sound made it possible for Lang to represent the individual psyche through the character's speech. Fritz Lang uses universal symbols as a bridge between the character's inner state and the outer world. This also derives from German Expressionism, which aims to discuss low-life subject matters. In M, symbols are used to add further layers of meaning to the film and to foreshadow its plot, whereas in The Woman in the Window they mainly function as symbols of masculinity. In this essay, the influence of German Expressionism on Fritz Lang's films is discussed by closel
