Volker Schlondorff's cinema [[electronic resource] ] : adaptation, politics, and the ""movie-appropriate""

• Autore: Moeller Hans Bernhard
• Pubblicazione: Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (384 p.)
• Disciplina: 791.43/0233/092; 791.430233092
• Soggetto topico: Schlo ̈ndorff, Volker -- Criticism and interpretation
• Altri autori: LellisGeorge L
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Reasons ; 12. 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 Ogre ; 26. 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 Cover
• Sommario/riassunto: Volker 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 The
• Titolo autorizzato: Volker Schlondorff's cinema
• ISBN: 9786613901309; 0-585-46459-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780235403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II