A Culture of Light: Cinema and Technology in 1920s Germany by Frances Guerin (En

Description: A Culture of Light by Frances Guerin A groundbreaking exploration of German expressionist cinema and technology. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Cinema is a medium of light. And during Weimar Germanys advance to technological modernity, light - particularly the representational possibilities of electrical light - became the link between the cinema screen and the rapid changes that were transforming German life.In Frances Guerins compelling history of German silent cinema of the 1920s, the innovative use of light is the pivot around which a new conception of a national cinema, and a national culture emerges. Guerin depicts a nocturnal Germany suffused with light - electric billboards, storefronts, police searchlights - and shows how this element of the mise-en-scene came to reflect both the opportunities and the anxieties surrounding modernity and democracy. Guerins interpretations center on use of light in films such as Schatten (1923), Variete (1925), Metropolis (1926), and Der Golem (1920). In these films we see how light is the substance of image composition, the structuring device of the narrative, and the central thematic concern. This history relieves German films of the responsibility to explain the political and ideological instability of the period, an instability said to be the uncertain foundation of Nazism. In unlocking this dubious link, A Culture of Light redefines the field of German film scholarship. Author Biography Frances Guerin is a lecturer in film studies at the University of Kent, Canterbury. Table of Contents Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Electrification of Life, Cinema, and Art 2. Bringing Cinema to Life through Light: German Film to World War I 3. Legends of Light and Shadow: The Mythical Past in Algol and Schatten 4. The Spell of Light: Cinema as Modern Magic in Faust, Der Golem, Siegfried, and Metropolis 5. Reformulations of Space through Light in Die Strasse, Jenseits der Strasse, and Am Rande der Welt 6. Dazzled by the Profusion of Lights: Technological Entertainment in Variete and Sylvester Conclusion Notes Index Long Description Cinema is a medium of light. And during Weimar Germanys advance to technological modernity, light - particularly the representational possibilities of electrical light - became the link between the cinema screen and the rapid changes that were transforming German life.In Frances Guerins compelling history of German silent cinema of the 1920s, the innovative use of light is the pivot around which a new conception of a national cinema, and a national culture emerges. Guerin depicts a nocturnal Germany suffused with light - electric billboards, storefronts, police searchlights - and shows how this element of the mise-en-scene came to reflect both the opportunities and the anxieties surrounding modernity and democracy. Guerins interpretations center on use of light in films such as Schatten (1923), Variete (1925), Metropolis (1926), and Der Golem (1920). In these films we see how light is the substance of image composition, the structuring device of the narrative, and the central thematic concern. This history relieves German films of the responsibility to explain the political and ideological instability of the period, an instability said to be the uncertain foundation of Nazism. In unlocking this dubious link, A Culture of Light redefines the field of German film scholarship. Promotional "Headline" A groundbreaking exploration of German expressionist cinema and technology. Description for Bookstore Cinema is a medium of light. And during Weimar Germanys advance to technological modernity, light - particularly the representational possibilities of electrical light - became the link between the cinema screen and the rapid changes that were transforming German life.In Frances Guerins compelling history of German silent cinema of the 1920s, the innovative use of light is the pivot around which a new conception of a national cinema, and a national culture emerges. Guerin depicts a nocturnal Germany suffused with light - electric billboards, storefronts, police searchlights - and shows how this element of the mise-en-scene came to reflect both the opportunities and the anxieties surrounding modernity and democracy. Guerins interpretations center on use of light in films such as Schatten (1923), Variete (1925), Metropolis (1926), and Der Golem (1920). In these films we see how light is the substance of image composition, the structuring device of the narrative, and the central thematic concern. This history relieves German films of the responsibility to explain the political and ideological instability of the period, an instability said to be the uncertain foundation of Nazism. In unlocking this dubious link, A Culture of Light redefines the field of German film scholarship. Details ISBN0816642869 Author Frances Guerin Publisher University of Minnesota Press Edition Description REV Language English ISBN-10 0816642869 ISBN-13 9780816642861 Media Book Format Paperback Illustrations Yes Year 2005 Imprint University of Minnesota Press Subtitle Cinema and Technology in 1920s Germany Country of Publication United States Edition 1st Short Title CULTURE OF LIGHT Pages 352 Place of Publication Minnesota DOI 10.1604/9780816642861 UK Release Date 2005-04-05 NZ Release Date 2005-04-05 US Release Date 2005-04-05 Publication Date 2005-04-05 DEWEY 791.43094309042 Audience General AU Release Date 2005-03-31 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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