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Fritz Lang's Metropolis

By Michael Minden

Fritz Lang's Metropolis

By Michael Minden

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Fritz Lang's classic 1927 film Metropolis has justifiably become an icon for the complexities of Weimar culture. Among the important general issues it also raises are the relation between ideology and art, the status and authorship of the film text in the entertainment market, the city, the construction of gender, the relation between the human body and the machine in modernity, and the relation between mass and high culture. This volume provides a broad range of materials and resources for the study of Lang's film, including both well-known, previously published critical essays and contributions appearing for the first time here. The editors provide a two-part introduction that furnishes context for what follows: Bachmann's part deals with thegenesis, production, and contemporary reception of the film, while Minden's defines the problems posed by the text and reviews thesolutions to these problems as proposed by later generations of critics.The first part of the book proper includes selected contemporaryreviews, commentary by Fritz Lang and others involved in the making ofthe film, and extracts from Thea von Harbou's original novel. In thesecond part, eight modern scholars provide fresh essays on the genesis,promotion, and reception of the film. Approximately half of the materialin the volume has never before appeared in print. The volume will appealto students of German, film, cultural and intellectual history, andsocial theory. Michael Minden is University Lecturer in German atCambridge University and a fellow of Jesus College. Holger Bachmannreceived his Ph.D. from Cambridge on Arthur Schnitzler and film.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
344
Release Date:
2002-09-01
Publication Date:
2002-10-01
Publisher:
Camden House
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1571131469
ISBN13:
9781571131461
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
499 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
19 cm
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