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Sensitive Subjects : The Political Aesthetics of Contemporary German and Austrian Cinema / Leila Mukhida.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Film Europa ; 23Publisher: New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 1 online resource (218 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781789206302
  • 9781789206319
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.430943 23
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 1 THE TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY WORKER FILM? Workingman’s Death (2004) by Michael Glawogger and Karger (2007) by Elke Hauck -- Chapter 2 RADICAL REALISMS Angela Schanelec’s Marseille (2004), Andreas Dresen’s Halt Auf Freier Strecke (2011) and Gerhard Friedl’s Hat Wolff von Amerongen Konkursdelikte Begangen? (2004) -- Chapter 3 FRAGMENTED STORIES FOR FRAGMENTED VIEWERS 71 Fragmente einer Chronologie des Zufalls (1994) and Code Inconnu: Récit incomplet de divers voyages (2000) by Michael Haneke -- Chapter 4 SENSITIVE SUBJECTS Shock and Distraction in Hundstage (2001) by Ulrich Seidl and Sehnsucht (2006) by Valeska Grisebach -- CONCLUSION -- FILMOGRAPHY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
Summary: Both politically and aesthetically, the contemporary German and Austrian film landscape is a far cry from the early days of the medium, when critics like Siegfried Kracauer produced foundational works of film theory amid the tumult of the early twentieth century. Yet, as Leila Mukhida demonstrates in this innovative study, the writings of figures like Kracauer and Walter Benjamin in fact remain an undervalued tool for understanding political cinema today. Through illuminating explorations of Michael Haneke, Valeska Grisebach, Andreas Dresen, and other filmmakers of the post-reunification era, Mukhida develops an analysis centered on film aesthetics and experience, showing how medium-specific devices like lighting, sound, and mise-en-scène can help to cultivate political sensitivity in spectators.

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 1 THE TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY WORKER FILM? Workingman’s Death (2004) by Michael Glawogger and Karger (2007) by Elke Hauck -- Chapter 2 RADICAL REALISMS Angela Schanelec’s Marseille (2004), Andreas Dresen’s Halt Auf Freier Strecke (2011) and Gerhard Friedl’s Hat Wolff von Amerongen Konkursdelikte Begangen? (2004) -- Chapter 3 FRAGMENTED STORIES FOR FRAGMENTED VIEWERS 71 Fragmente einer Chronologie des Zufalls (1994) and Code Inconnu: Récit incomplet de divers voyages (2000) by Michael Haneke -- Chapter 4 SENSITIVE SUBJECTS Shock and Distraction in Hundstage (2001) by Ulrich Seidl and Sehnsucht (2006) by Valeska Grisebach -- CONCLUSION -- FILMOGRAPHY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX

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Both politically and aesthetically, the contemporary German and Austrian film landscape is a far cry from the early days of the medium, when critics like Siegfried Kracauer produced foundational works of film theory amid the tumult of the early twentieth century. Yet, as Leila Mukhida demonstrates in this innovative study, the writings of figures like Kracauer and Walter Benjamin in fact remain an undervalued tool for understanding political cinema today. Through illuminating explorations of Michael Haneke, Valeska Grisebach, Andreas Dresen, and other filmmakers of the post-reunification era, Mukhida develops an analysis centered on film aesthetics and experience, showing how medium-specific devices like lighting, sound, and mise-en-scène can help to cultivate political sensitivity in spectators.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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