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City of darkness, city of light : émigré filmmakers in Paris 1929-1939 /

A ground-breaking study of the cinematic representation of Paris in the films of migr filmmakers who made it their first refuge from Hitler's Germany.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Phillips, Alastair
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, ©2004.
Colección:Film culture in transition.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The city in context
  • 3. City of light
  • 4. City of darkness
  • 5. Divided city
  • 6. Conclusion
  • Appendices.
  • 1. Introduction. Diversity and Exchange
  • Rethinking the National in European Cinema
  • Cinema and the City
  • Paris and the 1930s
  • Paris and French Cinema of the 1930s
  • France and the Émigrés
  • City of Darkness, City of Light
  • 2. The City in Context. An Historical Ambivalence
  • Modernity and the City
  • National Boundaries and Early European Sound Cinema
  • Paris as Staging Ground for the Early Sound Wars
  • Berlin as Prestige Model and Place of Work for French Film Industry Professionals
  • Patterns of Exile and Emigration in the Pre-Nazi Era: The Russians and their Relationships to Paris and Berlin
  • Trade and Economic Emigration from Berlin to Paris before 1933
  • Case Study One: Anatole Litvak
  • Case Study Two: Kurt Courant
  • The Rise of the Nazis in Berlin and the Politics of Departure
  • The Place of Jews in Paris
  • Reception: The Émigrés' Arrival in Paris
  • Reception: The French Film Industry
  • Case Study Three: Erich Pommer
  • Case Study Four: Robert Siodmak
  • 3. City of Light. Paris as Spectacle
  • Paris and the Spectacle of Entertainment
  • Parisian Journeys Across Time and Space
  • 4. City of Darkness. The Camera Goes Down the Streets: 'The Hidden Spirit Under the Familiar Façade'
  • Framing the Urban Decor
  • The Émigrés and Poetic Realism
  • Spaces of Crime and Pleasure in the City of Darkness
  • Parisian Journeys Between the Past and the Present
  • 5. Divided City. The Divided City in Context
  • Divided Characters, Divided City
  • Journeys Across the Divided City
  • 6. Conclusion
  • Appendices. Tobis In Paris Filmography 1929-1939
  • Osso Filmography 1930-1939
  • Anatole Litvak Filmography 1930-1936
  • Kurt Courant Filmography 1929-1939
  • Erich Pommer French-Language Filmography 1930-1934
  • Robert Siodmak French-Language Filmography 1931-1939
  • Nero Films Filmography 1930-1939
  • La Crise est finie
  • La Vie Parisienne
  • Mauvaise graine
  • Coeur de lilas
  • Dans les rues
  • Carrefour
  • Pièges
  • Liliom.