LEADER 00822nam0-22003011i-450- 001 990002020030403321 005 20060626102547.0 035 $a000202003 035 $aFED01000202003 035 $a(Aleph)000202003FED01 035 $a000202003 100 $a20030910d1964----km-y0itay50------ba 101 0 $aeng 200 1 $aSlime molds and research$fC.J. Alexopoulos, James Koevenig 210 $a[Boston$cHeath]$d1964 215 $a36 p.$d20 cm 225 1 $aBSCS Pamphlets$v13 610 0 $aBiologia 676 $a577 700 1$aAlexopoulos,$bConstantine John$070167 702 1$aKoevenig,$bJames 801 0$aIT$bUNINA$gRICA$2UNIMARC 901 $aBK 912 $a990002020030403321 952 $a61 II B.5/31.13$b2078$fDAGEN 959 $aDAGEN 996 $aSlime molds and research$9405133 997 $aUNINA LEADER 03929oam 22004332a 450 001 996248218703316 005 20230828214207.0 010 $a0-674-26662-5 035 $a(CKB)3360000000000611 035 $a(MH)007043640-1 035 $a(EXLCZ)993360000000000611 100 $a19960229d1996 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 200 14$aThe ministry of illusion $eNazi cinema and its afterlife /$fEric Rentschler$b[electronic resource] 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$d1996 215 $a1 online resource (xvi, 456 p. )$cill. ; 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [389]-444) and index. 327 $aIntroduction : The power of illusions -- Part 1 : Fatal attractions -- A legend for modern times : "The blue light" (1932) -- Emotional engineering : "Hitler youth quex" (1933) -- Part 2 : Foreign affairs -- Home sweet Heimat : "The Prodigal Son" (1934) -- Hollywood made in Germany : "Lucky kids" (1936) -- Astray in the new world : "La Habanera" (1937) -- Part 3 : Specters and shadows -- The elective other : "Jew süss" (1940) -- The Führer's phantom : "Paracelsus" (1943) -- Self-reflexive self-destruction : "Münchhausen" (1943) -- Epilogue : The testament of Dr. Goebbels -- Appendix A : Films and events, 1933-1945 -- Appendix B : Directorial filmographies -- Appendix C : American film and videotape sources. 330 $aGerman cinema of the Third Reich, even a half-century after Hitler's demise, still provokes extreme reactions. More than a thousand German feature films that premiered during the reign of National Socialism survive as mementoes of what many regard as film history's darkest hour. As Eric Rentschler argues, however, cinema in the Third Reich emanated from a Ministry of Illusion and not from a Ministry of Fear. Party vehicles such as Hitler Youth Quex and anti-Semitic hate films such as Jew Suss may warrant the epithet "Nazi propaganda," but they amount to a mere fraction of the productions from this era. The vast majority of the epoch's films seemed to be "unpolitical"--Melodramas, biopics, and frothy entertainments set in cozy urbane surroundings, places where one rarely sees a swastika or hears a "Sieg Heil." Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels, Rentschler shows, endeavored to maximize film's seductive potential, to cloak party priorities in alluring cinematic shapes. Hitler and Goebbels were master showmen enamored of their media images, the Third Reich was a grand production. The Nazis were movie mad, and the Third Reich was movie made. Rentschler's analysis of the sophisticated media culture of this period demonstrates in an unprecedented way the potent and destructive powers of fascination and fantasy. Nazi feature films--both as entities that unreeled in moviehouses during the regime and as productions that continue to enjoy wide attention today--show that entertainment is often much more than innocent pleasure [Publisher description]. 517 $aMinistry of Illusion 531 $aTHE MINISTRY OF ILLUSION 531 $aMINISTRY OF ILLUSION: NAZI CINEMA AND ITS AFTERLIFE 606 $aNational socialism and motion pictures 606 $aMotion pictures$zGermany$xHistory 606 $aMotion pictures in propaganda$zGermany 608 $aHistory.$2fast 615 0$aNational socialism and motion pictures. 615 0$aMotion pictures$xHistory. 615 0$aMotion pictures in propaganda 676 $a791.43/75/0943 700 $aRentschler$b Eric$01020850 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996248218703316 996 $aThe ministry of illusion$92416365 997 $aUNISA 999 $aThis Record contains information from the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others the Library of Congress