A Second Life: German Cinema's First Decades by Elsaesser, Thomas - 1996

Amsterdam University Press, 1996-06-01. Paperback. Good.

Amsterdam University Press, 1996. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,700grams, ISBN:9789053561720

Amsterdam Univ Pr, 1996. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 352 pages. 9.75x6.50x1.00 inches.

Paperback. Very Good.

Amsterdam University Press, 2014. Softcover. Fine Condition. Clean unmarked pages, no highlighting or annotations, slight creasing to top of front cover. German cinema is best known for its so-called "Golden Age" - the Expressionist films of the 1920s - and for its long line of outstanding individual directors, from Fritz Lang and Ernst Lubitsch, F. W. Murnau and G. W. Pabst, to Werner Herzog and Wim Wenders, R. W. Fassbinder and Alexander Kluge. But the double spotlight on art cinema and auteurs, reflecting this national cinema's struggle for cultural respectability and reliance on psychological introspection, has only deepened the obscurity surrounding the other side of that history: the face and fate of its popular cinema. A case in point are the first two decades, about which little is known, even though German history has benefited in recent years from a renewed interest in early cinema generally. Critical attention has, however, so far tended to concentrate on institutions,… Read More

Amsterdam University Press, 1996-06-01. 1. Paperback. Used:Good.