1st Edition
Special Effects and German Silent Film Techno-Romantic Cinema
By Katharina Loew
Copyright 2021
320 Pages
by
Routledge
320 Pages
by
Routledge
320 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
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
Biography
Katharina Loew is Associate Professor of German and Cinema Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
