Re-imagining DEFA : East German cinema in its national and transnational contexts /
By the time the Berlin Wall collapsed, the cinema of the German Democratic Republic-to the extent it was considered at all-was widely regarded as a footnote to European film history, with little of enduring value. Since then, interest in East German cinema has exploded, inspiring innumerable festiva...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Berghahn Books,
2016.
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| Edition: | [First edition]. |
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| Summary: | By the time the Berlin Wall collapsed, the cinema of the German Democratic Republic-to the extent it was considered at all-was widely regarded as a footnote to European film history, with little of enduring value. Since then, interest in East German cinema has exploded, inspiring innumerable festivals, books, and exhibits on the GDR's rich and varied filmic output. In Re-Imagining DEFA, leading international experts take stock of this vibrant landscape and plot an ambitious course for future research, one that considers other cinematic traditions, brings genre and popular works into the fold, and encompasses DEFA's complex post-unification "afterlife." |
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| Physical Description: | x,366 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781785331077 1785331078 9781785331053 1785331051 |