Special Effects and German Silent Film : : Techno-Romantic Cinema / / Katharina Loew.
One of the most famous special-effects sequences in the history of cinema is the robot's anthropogenesis in Metropolis. The scene has become an emblem for the astonishing technical and aesthetic achievements of German filmmakers. Not only did special effects shape the look of many iconic films,...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2021] ©2021 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Film Culture in Transition
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Special Effects and the Techno-Romantic Paradigm
- 1. Imagining Technological Art: Early German Film Theory
- 2. Modern Magicians: Guido Seeber and Eugen Schüfftan
- 3. The Uncanny Mirror: Der Student von Prag (1913)
- 4. Visualizing the Occult: Nosferatu (1922)
- 5. The Technological Sublime: Metropolis (1927)
- 6. “German Technique” and Hollywood
- Conclusion: Techno-Romantic Cinema from the Silent to the Digital Era
- Bibliography
- Index