02778nam 2200577Ia 450 991045165020332120200520144314.00-8166-9561-X(CKB)1000000000346750(EBL)310696(OCoLC)191935632(SSID)ssj0000278418(PQKBManifestationID)11195783(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000278418(PQKBWorkID)10243121(PQKB)10193865(MiAaPQ)EBC310696(MdBmJHUP)muse39006(Au-PeEL)EBL310696(CaPaEBR)ebr10151292(CaONFJC)MIL522450(EXLCZ)99100000000034675020040921d2005 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrA culture of light[electronic resource] cinema and technology in 1920s Germany /Frances GuerinMinneapolis, Minn. University of Minnesota Press ;[Bristol University Presses Marketing, distributor]c20051 online resource (350 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-4286-9 0-8166-4285-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Electrification of Life, Cinema, and Art; 2. Bringing Cinema to Life through Light: German Film to World War I; 3. Legends of Light and Shadow: The Mythical Past in Algol and Schatten; 4. The Spell of Light: Cinema as Modern Magic in Faust, Der Golem, Siegfried, and Metropolis; 5. Reformulations of Space through Light in Die StraBe, Jenseits der StraBe, and Am Rande der Welt; 6. Dazzled by the Profusion of Lights: Technological Entertainment in Varieté and Sylvester; Conclusion; Notes; IndexIn Frances Guerin's history of German silent cinema of the 1920's, the use of light is the pivot around which a new national cinema and culture emerges. Guerin's interpretations center on use of light in films such as Metropolis (1926) and Der Golem (1920) and we see how light is the substance of image composition, the narrative structuring device, and the thematic concern.Choice Outstanding Academic TitleMotion picturesGermanyHistory20th centuryCinematographyLightingGermanyHistory20th centuryElectronic books.Motion picturesHistoryCinematographyLightingHistory791.43094309042Guerin Frances873656MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451650203321A culture of light2464531UNINA