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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784170003321

Autore

Langford Michelle

Titolo

Allegorical Images [[electronic resource] ] : Tableau, Time and Gesture in the Cinema of Werner Schroeter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol, : Intellect, 2006

ISBN

1-280-70958-8

9786610709588

5-551-58034-2

1-84150-955-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (218 p.)

Disciplina

704.0392400904

791.430233

Soggetti

Art and technology

Judaism and art

Schroeter, Werner

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; A Cinema on the Margins: Contextualizing the Films of Werner Schroeter; Towards a Theory of Cinematic Allegory; The Allegorical Tableau; Allegorical Montage; A Gestural Cinema: Allegorical Figures and Faulty Performances; Brecht and Beyond: From Social to Allegorical Gestus; Werner Schroeter Filmography; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Werner Schroeter is one of the most important and influential directors of the New German Cinema, yet discussion of his films within film theory has been intermittent and un-sustained. This book provides a long-overdue introduction to Schroeter's visually lavish, idiosyncratic and conceptually rich cinema, situating its emergence within the context of the West German television and film subsidy system during the 1970's, then moving on to engage with some of the most pertinent and important arguments in contemporary film theory.