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Record Nr.

UNINA9910144110303321

Autore

Elsaesser Thomas <1943->

Titolo

Fassbinder's Germany : history, identity, subject / / by Thomas Elsaesser

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, c1996

ISBN

1-281-97957-0

9786611979577

90-485-0350-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (397 p.)

Collana

Film culture in transition

Disciplina

791.43

791.430233

791.430233092

Soggetti

Motion pictures - Germany - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-339) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Table of Contents; Introduction: A Work Upstaged by Life?; 1. Fassbinder Representing Germany; 2. From Vicious Circles to Double Binds Impossible Demands in the Field of Vision; 3. Murder, Merger, Suicide The Politics of despair; 4. The BRD Trilogy, or: History, The Love Story? THE MARRIAGE OF MARIA BRAUN, LOLA and VERONIKA VOSS; 5. Fassbinder, Reflections of Fascism and the European Cinema; 6. ...wie einst? LILI MARLEEN; 7. Frankfurt, Germans and Jews The City, Garbage and Death; 8. Beyond 'Schuld' and 'Schulden' IN A YEAR OF THIRTEEN MOONS

9. Franz Biberkopf's/ex-changes BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ 10. Historicising the Subject A Body of Work; Appendix One: A Commented Filmography The House That Rainer Built; Appendix Two: Fassbinder's Germany 1945-1982 A Chronology; Appendix Three: Bibliography; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Pioneering study exploring a major filmmaker's creative vision of Germany's troubled national identity.