Dreyer in Double Reflection: Translation of Carl Th. Dreyer's Writings About the Film (Om Filmen) [Paperback]

Donald Skoller (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1991 | Series: Om Filmen

Carl-Theodor Dreyer (1889-1968) is recognized as one of the great stylists of the cinema. "The Passion of Joan of Arc", "Vampyr", "Day of Wrath", "Ordet" and "Gertrud" are among the best-known works of this rigorous, austere and powerful film-maker. Through the medium of his writings, this book offers an insight into Dreyer's own perceptions of his art, taking particular care to preserve Dreyer's voice in the translation and to preserve his spirit as he comments on the evolution of cinema through such topics as photography, sound, colour, acting and the film culture and personalities of the 20th century. A collection of 50 stills is arranged in groupings with a view to emphasizing key nuances of Dreyer's style.

Product Details

• Paperback: 205 pages
• Publisher: Da Capo Pr (September 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0306804581
• ISBN-13: 978-0306804588
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,328,247 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Gary L. Blackwood sold his first story when he was nineteen, and has been writing and publishing stories, articles, plays, novels, and nonfiction books regularly ever since. His stage plays have won awards and been produced in university and regional theatre. Nonfiction subjects he's covered include biography, history, and paranormal phenomena. His juvenile novels, which include WILD TIMOTHY, THE DYING SUN, and THE SHAKESPEARE STEALER, are set in a wide range of times and places, from Elizabethan England to a parallel universe. Several have received special recognition and been translated into other languages. He and his wife and kids live outside Carthage, MO.