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Fassbinder's Germany: history, identity, subject
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Abstract
Rainer Werner Fassbinder is one of the most prominent and important authors of post-war European cinema. Thomas Elsaesser is the first to write a thoroughly analytical study of his work. He stresses the importance of a closer understanding of Fassbinder's career through a re-reading of his films as ... view more
Rainer Werner Fassbinder is one of the most prominent and important authors of post-war European cinema. Thomas Elsaesser is the first to write a thoroughly analytical study of his work. He stresses the importance of a closer understanding of Fassbinder's career through a re-reading of his films as textual entities. Approaching the work from different thematic and analytical perspectives, Elsaesser offers both an overview and a number of detailed readings of crucial films, while also providing a European context for Fassbinder's own coming to terms with fascism.... view less
Keywords
film; cinema; director; post-war period; author; fascism; Federal Republic of Germany; Europe; interpretation
Classification
Other Fields of Humanities
Other Media
Document language
English
Publication Year
1996
Publisher
Amsterdam Univ. Press
City
Amsterdam
Page/Pages
396 p.
Series
Film Culture in Transition
ISBN
978-90-5356-059-4
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works