Synopses & Reviews
German Cinema is an ideal overview of contemporary German film for researchers and students in both Film Studies and German Studies. Initially belittled by some critics for its alleged low-brow commercialism, German film culture since unification nevertheless demonstrates both a high degree of diversity and a willingness to engage with key issues facing the newly formed Berlin Republic. This book offers a broad survey of trends in German cinema since unification and highlights German film's interventions in contemporary social, political and historical debates including questions of nationality, ethnicity, gender and sexuality. The work of young directors is discussed alongside that of older filmmakers associated with the New German Cinema. >
Synopsis
German Cinema is an ideal overview of contemporary German film for researchers and students in both Film Studies and German Studies. Initially belittled by some critics for its alleged low-brow commercialism, German film culture since unification nevertheless demonstrates both a high degree of diversity and a willingness to engage with key issues facing the newly formed Berlin Republic. This book offers a broad survey of trends in German cinema since unification and highlights German film's interventions in contemporary social, political and historical debates including questions of nationality, ethnicity, gender and sexuality. The work of young directors is discussed alongside that of older filmmakers associated with the New German Cinema. >
Table of Contents
Contributors; Introduction: German cinema since unification - David Clarke; 1. The fourth generation: legacies of violence as a quest for identity in post-unification terrorism films - Rachel Palfreyman; 2. Shades of grey: coming to terms with German film since unification - John E. Davidson; 3. East German cinema after unification - Daniela Berghahn; 4. Ostalgie, fantasy and the normalization of east-west relations in post-unification comedy - Seán Allan; 5. Turkish-German cinema: from cultural resistance to transnational cinema? - Rob Burns; 6. In search of home: filming post-unification Berlin - David Clarke; 7. Women against women: the New German Comedy and the failed romance - Dickon Copsey; 8. From perverse to queer: Rosa von Praunheim's films in the liberation movements of the Federal Republic - Randall Halle; Index