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Expressionism in the Cinema

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Description for Expressionism in the Cinema Hardback. An innovative and wide-ranging collection, Expressionism in 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. Editor(s): Brill, Olaf (German Film Institute - DIF); Rhodes, Author Gary D (Queen's University The Queen's University in Belfast The Queen's University in Belfast The Queen's University in Belfast The Queen's University in Belfast The Queen's University in Belfast The Queen's University in Belfast). Series: Traditions in World Cinema Eup. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .

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 ... Read more 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.

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Product Details

Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Traditions in World Cinema Eup
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781474425872
SKU
V9781474425872
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About Olaf Brill
Olaf Brill is a German-based freelance writer and editor for film institutes, museums and festivals, including the German Film Institute DIF, Frankfurt, the Filmmuseum Berlin, and CineGraph, Hamburg. Gary D. Rhodes, Ph.D., currently serves as Postgraduate Director for Film Studies at the Queen s University in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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