THE NEW GERMAN CINEMA

Basic Information

Contents: Preface = 6 PART ONE: THE BACKGROUND 1. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WEST GERMAN CINEMA = 9 ⅰ. The Post-War Years = 9 ⅱ. The Emergence of the New German Cinema = 13 PART TWO: SEVEN DIRECTORS 2. ALEXANDER KLUGE = 17 3. JEAN-MARIE STRAUB = 27 4. VOLKER SCHLÖNDORFF = 36 5. WERNER HERZOG = 48 6. RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER = 63 ⅰ. Background and Beginnings = 63 ⅱ. Echoes of Hollywood: The Gangster Trilogy = 65 ⅲ. Stylization and Realism = 68 ⅳ. The Year of Experiment = 72 ⅴ. The Breakthrough to the German Public = 74 ⅵ. The International Breakthrough = 84 ⅶ. Four Married Women = 85 ⅷ. Outcasts = 89 ⅸ. The New Fassbinder: Finish and Finesse = 95 ⅹ. Postcript and Conclusion = 100 7. WIM WENDERS = 103 8. HANS JÜRGEN SYBERBERG = 116 PART THREE: PECULIARITIES 9. OTHER DIRECTORS: THEMES AND CONCERNS = 133 ⅰ. The First Generation = 133 ⅱ. The New Heimatfilm = 134 ⅲ. Gastarbeiter = 136 ⅳ. Old People = 139 ⅴ. Women = 140 ⅵ. Young People = 146 ⅶ. The Berlin School = 146 ⅷ. GERMANY IN AUTUMN = 147 10 THE OUTLOOK: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS = 149 ⅰ. Finance = 149 ⅱ. Television and the ‘Amphibious Film’ = 150 ⅲ. Films of Books = 151 ⅳ. Alternatives to Public Patronage = 152 ⅴ. The New Optimism = 154 Notes = 156 Glossary of German Terms = 164 Filmography = 165 Annotated Bibliography = 169 General Index = 171 Index of Film Titles = 176 Sources of Illustrations = 180

Loading...