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Fritz Lang's Metropolis (Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture)
Michael (Ed) Minden
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Paperback. Fritz Lang's classic 1927 film, "Metropolis" became an icon for the complexities of Weimar culture. This work provides a range of materials and resources for the study of this film, including critical essays and contributions. It also presents a two-part introduction dealing with the genesis, production, and contemporary reception of the film. Editor(s): Minden, Michael; Bachmann, Holger. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 504. Cinematic Visions of Technology and Fear. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. 344 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Minden, Michael; Bachmann, Holger. Fritz Lang's classic 1927 film, "Metropolis" became an icon for the complexities of Weimar culture. This work provides a range of materials and resources for the study of this film, including critical essays and contributions. It also presents a two-part introduction dealing with the genesis, production, and contemporary reception of the film. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: APFA; DSBH. Dimension: 162 x 228 x 19. Weight: 504.
A collection of essays -- early seminal works as well as freshinterpretations -- on the famous German expressionist film,Metropolis. Fritz Lang's classic 1927 film Metropolis has justifiably become an icon for the complexities of Weimar culture. Among the important general issues it also raises are the relation between ideology and art, the status and authorship of the film text in the entertainment market, the city, the construction of gender, the relation between the human body and the machine in modernity, and the relation between mass and high culture. This volume provides abroad range of materials and resources for the ... Read more
A collection of essays -- early seminal works as well as freshinterpretations -- on the famous German expressionist film,Metropolis. Fritz Lang's classic 1927 film Metropolis has justifiably become an icon for the complexities of Weimar culture. Among the important general issues it also raises are the relation between ideology and art, the status and authorship of the film text in the entertainment market, the city, the construction of gender, the relation between the human body and the machine in modernity, and the relation between mass and high culture. This volume provides abroad range of materials and resources for the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
BOYE6
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Series
Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture
Condition
New
Number of Pages
340
Place of Publication
Columbia, MD, United States
ISBN
9781571131461
SKU
V9781571131461
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About Michael (Ed) Minden
Michael Minden is University Lecturer in German at Cambridge University, and a fellow of Jesus College. Holger Bachmann received his Ph.D. from Cambridge University in 1997 with a dissertation on Arthur Schnitzler and film.
Reviews for Fritz Lang's Metropolis (Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture)
A must-have acquisition... Of great value for the contemporary and modern information related to the film's production, distribution and reconstruction.
CARL BENNETT Combines the perspectives of the archives and of film theory in exemplary ways....The anthology is bound to be of great interest to anyone teaching German film.
GERMAN QUARTERLY
... a large and substantial gathering of ... Read more
CARL BENNETT Combines the perspectives of the archives and of film theory in exemplary ways....The anthology is bound to be of great interest to anyone teaching German film.
GERMAN QUARTERLY
... a large and substantial gathering of ... Read more