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035 _a(DE-B1597)9789048551712
035 _a(DE-B1597)576236
035 _a(OCoLC)1243537616
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082 0 4 _a791.430943
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aLoew, Katharina
_eautore
245 1 0 _aSpecial Effects and German Silent Film :
_bTechno-Romantic Cinema /
_cKatharina Loew.
264 1 _aAmsterdam :
_bAmsterdam University Press,
_c[2021]
264 4 _c©2021
300 _a1 online resource (320 p.)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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347 _atext file
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490 0 _aFilm Culture in Transition
505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tTable of Contents --
_tAcknowledgements --
_tIntroduction: Special Effects and the Techno-Romantic Paradigm --
_t1. Imagining Technological Art: Early German Film Theory --
_t2. Modern Magicians: Guido Seeber and Eugen Schüfftan --
_t3. The Uncanny Mirror: Der Student von Prag (1913) --
_t4. Visualizing the Occult: Nosferatu (1922) --
_t5. The Technological Sublime: Metropolis (1927) --
_t6. “German Technique” and Hollywood --
_tConclusion: Techno-Romantic Cinema from the Silent to the Digital Era --
_tBibliography --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aOne 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.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Dez 2022)
650 0 _aCinematography
_zGermany
_xSpecial effects
_xHistory.
650 0 _aSilent films
_zGermany
_xHistory and criticism.
650 4 _aFilm Studies.
650 4 _aFilm, Media, and Communication.
650 4 _aMedia Studies.
650 4 _aScience and Technology.
650 4 _aTransnational and Global Studies.
650 7 _aART / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945).
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653 _aspecial effects, German cinema, silent cinema, film style, technology.
850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1515/9789048551712?locatt=mode:legacy
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