Visions of Vienna

Narrating the City in 1920s and 1930s Cinema

AvAlexandra Seibel

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

Del i serien Film Culture in Transition

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Beskrivning

This book offers a close look at how directors such as Erich von Stroheim, Ernst Lubitsch, and Max Ophüls made use of the city of Vienna, and how the nostalgic glorification of the Habsburg era can be seen as directly tied to crucial issues of modernity.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2017-07-31
Mått:156 x 234 x 20 mm
Vikt:560 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Film Culture in Transition
Antal sidor:254
Upplaga:0
Förlag:Amsterdam University Press
ISBN:9789462981898

Utforska kategorier

Medievetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Film inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Alexandra Seibel holds a Ph.D. from New York University in Cinema Studies and is particularly interested in city and cinema, urban modernity and global youth culture. Her publications include Timothy Shary and Alexandra Seibel (eds.): Youth Culture In Global Cinema, Austin: Texas University Press 2007.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction: Vienna in Cinema - A Traveling Image, 1920-1940 2. Fairgrounds and Vineyards: Urban Topographies in the Viennese Films of Erich von Stroheim 3. Critical, Controversial, Conventional: Viennese Girls in Films by Ophüls, Feyder, Hochbaum, and Forst 4. Women and the Market of Modernity: G. W. Pabst's THE JOYLESS STREET (1925) 5. The Sound of Make-Believe: Ernst Lubitsch and the World of the Operetta 6. Conclusion 7. Bibliography 8. Filmography