Special Effects and German Silent Film
Techno-Romantic Cinema
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2021
Amsterdam University Press (Verlag)
978-94-6372-523-1 (ISBN)
Amsterdam University Press (Verlag)
978-94-6372-523-1 (ISBN)
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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 in cinema’s emergence as a full-fledged art. Special effects not only shaped the look of iconic films like Nosferatu (1922) or Metropolis (1927), but they are central to a comprehensive understanding of German silent film culture writ large. This book examines special effects as the embodiment of a “techno-romantic” paradigm that seeks to harness technology – the epitome of modern materialism – as a means for accessing a spiritual realm. Employed to visualize ideas and emotions in a medium-specific way, special effects thus paved the way for film art.
Katharina Loew is Associate Professor of German and Cinema Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Special effects and the techno-romantic paradigm
Chapter 1. Imagining technological art: Early German film theory
Chapter 2. Modern magicians: Guido Seeber and Eugen Schüfftan
Chapter 3. The uncanny mirror: Der Student von Prag (1913)
Chapter 4. Visualizing the occult: Nosferatu (1922)
Chapter 5. The technological sublime: Metropolis (1927)
Chapter 6. "German technique" and Hollywood
Conclusion: Techno-romantic cinema from the silent to the digital era
Bibliography
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 10.05.2021 |
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Reihe/Serie | Film Culture in Transition |
Zusatzinfo | 35 Illustrations, black and white |
Verlagsort | Amsterdam |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
Technik | |
ISBN-10 | 94-6372-523-7 / 9463725237 |
ISBN-13 | 978-94-6372-523-1 / 9789463725231 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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