Allegorical Images : Tableau, Time and Gesture in the Cinema of Werner Schroeter

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Langford, Michelle.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art and technology.

Judaism and art.

Schroeter, Werner.

Local Subjects:

Art and technology.

Judaism and art.

Schroeter, Werner.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (218 p.)

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Intellect, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9786610709588

9781280709586

1280709588

9785551580348

5551580342

9781841509556

1841509558

OCLC:

476029343