Expressionism in the Cinema /

Expressionism in the Cinema / / Olaf Brill, Gary D Rhodes.

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From classical to contemporary narratives, this book redefines the expressionist aestheticOne 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 remedie...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
VerfasserIn:
Brill, Olaf,
Rhodes, Gary D,
MitwirkendeR:
Brill, Olaf,
Choe, Steve,
Cuff, Paul,
Elsaesser, Thomas,
Guffey, Robert,
Harper, Graeme,
Hogan, David J.,
Kappes, Mirjam,
McCarron, Bernard,
Rafaelic, Daniel,
Rhodes, Gary D.,
Singer, Robert,
Sipiora, Phillip,
Soister, John T.,
Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2016
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Traditions in World Cinema : TWC
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Physical Description:1 online resource (336 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • List of Illustrations
  • List of Contributors
  • Traditions in World Cinema
  • Introduction
  • PART I. EXPRESSIONISM IN GERMAN CINEMA
  • 1. Expressionist Cinema-Style and Design in Film History
  • 2. Of Nerves and Men: Postwar Delusion and Robert Reinert's Nerven
  • 3. Franjo Ledic: A Forgotten Pioneer of German Expressionism
  • 4. Expressionist Film and Gender: Genuine, A Tale of a Vampire (1920)
  • 5. "The Secrets of Nature and Its Unifying Principles": Nosferatu (1922) and Jakob von Uexküll on Umwelt
  • 6. Raskolnikow (1923): Russian Literature as Impetus for German Expressionism
  • PART II. EXPRESSIONISM IN GLOBAL CINEMA
  • 7. The Austrian Connection: The Frame Story and Insanity in Paul Czinner's Inferno (1919) and Fritz Freisler's The Mandarin (1918)
  • 8. "The Reawakening of French Cinema": Expression and Innovation in Abel Gance's J'accuse (1919)
  • 9. Here Among the Dead: The Phantom Carriage (1921) and the Cinema of the Occulted Taboo
  • 10. Drakula halála (1921): The Cinema's First Dracula
  • 11. Le Brasier ardent (1923): Ivan Mosjoukine's clin d'oeil to German Expressionism
  • 12. Nietzsche's Fingerprints on The Hands of Orlac (1924)
  • 13. "True, Nervous": American Expressionist Cinema and the Destabilized Male
  • 14. Dos monjes (1934) and the Tortured Search for Truth
  • 15. Maya Deren in Person in Expressionism
  • Index of Names
  • Index of Film Titles

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