Special Effects and German Silent Film : Techno-Romantic Cinema /
Loew, Katharina
Special Effects and German Silent Film : Techno-Romantic Cinema / Katharina Loew. - 1 online resource (320 p.) - Film Culture in Transition .
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Special Effects and the Techno-Romantic Paradigm -- 1. Imagining Technological Art: Early German Film Theory -- 2. Modern Magicians: Guido Seeber and Eugen Schüfftan -- 3. The Uncanny Mirror: Der Student von Prag (1913) -- 4. Visualizing the Occult: Nosferatu (1922) -- 5. The Technological Sublime: Metropolis (1927) -- 6. “German Technique” and Hollywood -- Conclusion: Techno-Romantic Cinema from the Silent to the Digital Era -- Bibliography -- Index
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One of the most famous special-effects sequences in the history of cinema is the robot's anthropogenesis in Metropolis. The scene has become an emblem for the astonishing technical and aesthetic achievements of German filmmakers. Not only did special effects shape the look of many iconic films, they are also central to a comprehensive understanding of German silent film culture. Employed to visualize ideas and emotions in a medium-specific way, special effects demonstrated technology's creativity and ability to transcend physical reality. By so doing, they played a decisive role in the evolution of cinematic expressivity. Special effects embody "techno-romantic" lines of thought, a concept that describes efforts to harness technology, the epitome of modern materialism, for the purpose of accessing a spiritual realm. While special effects have been mainly considered as spectacles or practical tools to date, this book foregrounds their function as an artistic device.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9789048551712
10.1515/9789048551712 doi
Cinematography--Special effects--History.--Germany
Silent films--History and criticism.--Germany
Film Studies.
Film, Media, and Communication.
Media Studies.
Science and Technology.
Transnational and Global Studies.
ART / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945).
special effects, German cinema, silent cinema, film style, technology.
791.430943
Special Effects and German Silent Film : Techno-Romantic Cinema / Katharina Loew. - 1 online resource (320 p.) - Film Culture in Transition .
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Special Effects and the Techno-Romantic Paradigm -- 1. Imagining Technological Art: Early German Film Theory -- 2. Modern Magicians: Guido Seeber and Eugen Schüfftan -- 3. The Uncanny Mirror: Der Student von Prag (1913) -- 4. Visualizing the Occult: Nosferatu (1922) -- 5. The Technological Sublime: Metropolis (1927) -- 6. “German Technique” and Hollywood -- Conclusion: Techno-Romantic Cinema from the Silent to the Digital Era -- Bibliography -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
One of the most famous special-effects sequences in the history of cinema is the robot's anthropogenesis in Metropolis. The scene has become an emblem for the astonishing technical and aesthetic achievements of German filmmakers. Not only did special effects shape the look of many iconic films, they are also central to a comprehensive understanding of German silent film culture. Employed to visualize ideas and emotions in a medium-specific way, special effects demonstrated technology's creativity and ability to transcend physical reality. By so doing, they played a decisive role in the evolution of cinematic expressivity. Special effects embody "techno-romantic" lines of thought, a concept that describes efforts to harness technology, the epitome of modern materialism, for the purpose of accessing a spiritual realm. While special effects have been mainly considered as spectacles or practical tools to date, this book foregrounds their function as an artistic device.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9789048551712
10.1515/9789048551712 doi
Cinematography--Special effects--History.--Germany
Silent films--History and criticism.--Germany
Film Studies.
Film, Media, and Communication.
Media Studies.
Science and Technology.
Transnational and Global Studies.
ART / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945).
special effects, German cinema, silent cinema, film style, technology.
791.430943