Volker Schlöndorff's cinema : adaptation, politics, and the "movie-appropriate"

Volker Schlöndorff's cinema : adaptation, politics, and the "movie-appropriate" / Hans-Bernhard Moeller and George Lellis.

Volker Schlöndorff's Cinema: Adaptation, Politics and the "Movie-Appropriate" examines the work of major postwar German director Volker Schlöndorff in historical, economic, and artistic contexts. Incorporating a film-by-film, twenty-eight chapter study, Hans-Bernhard Moeller & G...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Moeller, Hans-Bernhard
Other Authors: Lellis, George
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Carbondale, Ill. : Southern Illinois University Press, 2012.
Edition:Pbk. ed.
Subjects:
Schlöndorff, Volker > Criticism and interpretation.
Schlöndorff, Volker
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > Direction & Production.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Book Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: The Historical Importance of Schlöndo; 2. Schlöndorff and His Sources; Part One: The Early Schlondorff: Suppression, Pop, and Protest; 3. Young Törless; 4. A Degree of Murder and "An Uneasy Moment"; 5. Michael Kohlhaas; Part Two: Brechtian and Profeminist Schlondorff; 6. "Amphibious" Movies and Formal Experiments; 7. Baal; 8. The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach; 9. The Morals of Ruth Halbfass and Overnight Stay in Tyrol; 10. A Free Woman; 11. Georgina's Reasons.
  • 12. The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum13. Coup de Grâce; Part Three: The International Schlondorff; 14. A GermanConsciousness for an International Audience; 15. The Tin Drum; 16. Just for Fun, Just for Play-Kaleidoscope Valeska Gert, The Candidate, and War and Peace; 17. Circle of Deceit; 18. Swann in Love; Part Four: The American Schlondorff; 19. A German Filmmaker in the United States; 20. Death of a Salesman; 21. A Gathering of Old Men; 22. The Handmaid's Tale; Part Five: The Post-Wall Schlondorff; 23. A Filmmaker for the European Community; 24. Voyager; 25. The Ogre.
  • 26. Billy, How Did You Do It? and Palmetto27. The Legend of Rita and "The Perfect Soldier"; 28. Conclusion; Filmography; Appendix: U.S. Film, DVD, and Video Sources; Notes; Works Cited and Consulted; Index; Author Biographies; Back Cover.

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