Studying German Cinema (Auteur) - Softcover

Hoffgen, Maggie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1906733007 ISBN 13: 9781906733001

Publisher: Liverpool University Press, 2010

Synopsis

Adopting a textual, chronological approach, Studying German Cinema is for students of German and film studies and the general reader with an interest in German cinema. Each of the fourteen chapters focuses on one key film, from the groundbreaking horror Nosferatu (1922) to the Oscar-winning The Lives of Others (2007), and explores industrial practices both in West and East Germany; aesthetic approaches; auteurist traditions (including films by Fassbinder, Wenders, and Herzog); and ideology. Each film is embedded in its cultural and political context, and together they provide an overview of German history from the end of World War I to the present.

About this title

About the Author:

Maggie Hoffgen is an educator in German language and culture with an MA in film studies. She divides her time between supervising Goethe-Institut courses at Manchester University's Language Centre and working as a freelance film lecturer.

Review:

for the reader who wants an overview of German cinema, this book certainly does the trick and her choice of films is great. All the films are easily available and very accessible. (Media Education Journal)

About this edition

• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1906733007
• ISBN 13: 9781906733001
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256