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A groundbreaking exploration of German expressionist cinema and technology.

Table of Contents
Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Electrification of Life, Cinema, and Art 2. Bringing Cinema to Life through Light: German Film to World War I 3. Legends of Light and Shadow: The Mythical Past in Algol and Schatten 4. The Spell of Light: Cinema as Modern Magic in Faust, Der Golem, Siegfried, and Metropolis 5. Reformulations of Space through Light in Die Strasse, Jenseits der Strasse, and Am Rande der Welt 6. Dazzled by the Profusion of Lights: Technological Entertainment in Variete and Sylvester Conclusion Notes Index

A Culture of Light

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      Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
      Publication Date: 05/04/2005
      ISBN13: 9780816642861, 978-0816642861
      ISBN10: 0816642869
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A groundbreaking exploration of German expressionist cinema and technology.

      Table of Contents
      Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Electrification of Life, Cinema, and Art 2. Bringing Cinema to Life through Light: German Film to World War I 3. Legends of Light and Shadow: The Mythical Past in Algol and Schatten 4. The Spell of Light: Cinema as Modern Magic in Faust, Der Golem, Siegfried, and Metropolis 5. Reformulations of Space through Light in Die Strasse, Jenseits der Strasse, and Am Rande der Welt 6. Dazzled by the Profusion of Lights: Technological Entertainment in Variete and Sylvester Conclusion Notes Index

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