03410nam 2200493Ia 450 991097117930332120251117115338.097866139013090-585-46459-6(CKB)111087027931850(EBL)1354645(OCoLC)856870453(MiAaPQ)EBC1354645(EXLCZ)9911108702793185020020117d2002 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierVolker Schlondorff's cinema adaptation, politics, and the "movie-appropriate" /Hans-Bernhard Moeller and George Lellis1st ed.Carbondale Southern Illinois University Pressc20021 online resource (384 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8093-2451-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 340-356) and index.Cover; Book Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: The Historical Importance of Schlöndo; 2. Schlöndorff and His Sources; Part One: The Early Schlondorff: Suppression, Pop, and Protest; 3. Young Törless; 4. A Degree of Murder and "An Uneasy Moment"; 5. Michael Kohlhaas; Part Two: Brechtian and Profeminist Schlondorff; 6. "Amphibious" Movies and Formal Experiments; 7. Baal; 8. The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach; 9. The Morals of Ruth Halbfass and Overnight Stay in Tyrol; 10. A Free Woman; 11. Georgina's Reasons12. The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum13. Coup de Grâce; Part Three: The International Schlondorff; 14. A GermanConsciousness for an International Audience; 15. The Tin Drum; 16. Just for Fun, Just for Play-Kaleidoscope Valeska Gert, The Candidate, and War and Peace; 17. Circle of Deceit; 18. Swann in Love; Part Four: The American Schlondorff; 19. A German Filmmaker in the United States; 20. Death of a Salesman; 21. A Gathering of Old Men; 22. The Handmaid's Tale; Part Five: The Post-Wall Schlondorff; 23. A Filmmaker for the European Community; 24. Voyager; 25. The Ogre26. Billy, How Did You Do It? and Palmetto27. The Legend of Rita and "The Perfect Soldier"; 28. Conclusion; Filmography; Appendix: U.S. Film, DVD, and Video Sources; Notes; Works Cited and Consulted; Index; Author Biographies; Back CoverVolker Schlöndorff's Cinema: Adaptation, Politics and the "Movie-Appropriate" examines the work of major postwar German director Volker Schlöndorff in historical, economic, and artistic contexts. Incorporating a film-by-film, twenty-eight chapter study, Hans-Bernhard Moeller & George Lellis reveal a complexity and formal ambitiousness of Schlöndorff that is comparable to that found in Wenders, Herzog, and Fassbinder. In spite of Schlöndorff's successes with films like The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum and TheMotion picture producers and directorsGermanyBiographyMotion picture producers and directors791.43/0233/092791.430233092Moeller Hans-Bernhard1891196Lellis George1891197MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910971179303321Volker Schlondorff's cinema4534002UNINA