Postwall German Cinema History, Film History and Cinephilia [Hardcover]

Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, there has been a proliferation of German historical films. These productions have earned prestigious awards and succeeded at box offices both at home and abroad, where they count among the most popular German films of all time. Recently, however, the countrys cinematic take on history has seen a significant new development: the radical style, content, and politics of the New German Cinema. With in-depth analyses of the major trends and films, this book represents a comprehensive assessment of the historical film in todays Germany. Challenging previous paradigms, it takes account of a postwall cinema that complexly engages with various historiographical forms and, above all, with film history itself.

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Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1.Rebirth of a Nation:Das Wunder von Bern, the 1950s, and the Reactions to the New German Cinema
Chapter 2.Pop Retro-vision:Baader,Der Baader Meinhof Komplex, and the RAF Film
Chapter 3.The Ambivalent View:23, Historical Paranoia, and the 1980s
Chapter 4.Ostalgie, Historical Ownership, and Material Authenticity:Good Bye, Lenin!andDas Leben der Anderen
Chapter 5.Unification, Spatial Anxiety, and the Recuperation of Material Culture:Die Unber?hrbare
Chapter 6.The Future of the German Past

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Mattias Freyis a Reader in Film Studies at the University of Kent. His research revolves around historical filmmaking, arthouse cinema cultures, film criticism and theory, as well as German and Austrian media. His books includeCine-Ethics: Ethical Dimensions of Film Theory, Practice, and Spectatorship;The Permanent Crisis of Fill¥