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Record Nr.

UNINA9910147089803321

Autore

Thompson Kristin

Titolo

Herr Lubitsch goes to Hollywood : German and American film after World War I / / Kristin Thompson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, c2005

ISBN

1-280-95907-X

9786610959075

90-485-0536-4

1-4175-8343-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (154 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Film culture in transition series

Classificazione

24.32

Disciplina

791.430233092

Soggetti

Motion picture producers and directors - United States

Silent films - Germany - History and criticism

Silent films - United States - History and criticism

Motion pictures - Germany

Motion pictures - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Jan 2021).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographic references and filmography.

Nota di contenuto

Lubitsch's career -- Making the light come from the story : lighting -- Subduing the cluttered background : set design -- Guiding the viewer's attention : editing -- Peeking at the players : acting -- Mutual influences -- ; Epilogue: The Lubitsch touch.

Sommario/riassunto

The first study by an acclaimed American scholar of the artistic interdependencies between the German and the Hollywood cinema in the 1920s.