Special effects and German silent film : techno-romantic cinema /

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In recent decades, special effects have become a major new area of research in cinema studies. For the most part, they have been examined as spectacles or practical tools. In contrast, Special Effects and German Silent Film, foregrounds their function as an expressive device and their pivotal role i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Loew, Katharina (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2021]
Colección:Film culture in transition.
Temas:
Silent films > Germany > History and criticism.
Cinematography > Germany > Special effects > History.
Films muets > Allemagne > Histoire et critique.
Cinéma > Allemagne > Effets spéciaux > Histoire.
Films, cinema.
Technology: general issues.
ART > History > Modern (late 19th Century to 1945)
Cinematography > Special effects
Silent films
Germany
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: Special Effects and the Techno-Romantic Paradigm
  • 1. Imagining Technological Art: Early German Film Theory
  • 2. Modern Magicians: Guido Seeber and Eugen Schüfftan
  • 3. The Uncanny Mirror: Der Student von Prag (1913)
  • 4. Visualizing the Occult: Nosferatu (1922)
  • 5. The Technological Sublime: Metropolis (1927)
  • 6. "German Technique" and Hollywood
  • Conclusion: Techno-Romantic Cinema from the Silent to the Digital Era
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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