A Second Life: German Cinema's First Decades (Amsterdam University Press - Film Culture in Transition)

german Cinema Is Best Known For Its Art Cinema And Its Long Line Of Outstanding Individual Directors. The Double Spotlight On These Two Subject Has Only Deepened The Obscurity Surrounding The Popular Cinema. German Cinema Performs A Kind Of Archaeology On A Period Largely Overlooked: The First Two Decades Of German Cinema. This Collection Of Essays By Established Authors Refocuses The Terms Of A Debate That Will Develop In The Years To Come Concerning The Historical And Cultural Significance Of Popular Cinema In Wilhelmine Germany. Annotation German cinema is best known for its art cinema and its long line of outstanding individual directors. The double spotlight on these two subject has only deepened the obscurity surrounding the popular cinema. German Cinema performs a kind of archaeology on a period largely overlooked: the first two decades of German cinema. This collection of essays by established authors refocuses the terms of a debate that will develop in the years to come concerning the historical and cultural significance of popular cinema in Wilhelmine Germany. German cinema is best known for its art cinema and its long line of outstanding individual directors. The double spotlight on these two subject has only deepened the obscurity surrounding the popular cinema. A Second Life performs a kind of archaeology on a period largely overlooked: the first two decades of German cinema. This collection of essays by established authors refocuses the terms of a debate that will develop in the years to come concerning the historical and cultural significance of popular cinema in Wilhelmine Germany Deze titel is onderdeel van de OAPEN Library - http://www.oapen.org. Thomas Elsaesser is professor Film- en televisiewetenschappen aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie Essays on a neglected period, focusing on the face and fate of popular cinema.