A much-needed re-evaluation of one of cinema's major artists by one of film studies' most distinguished and original practitioners. In this remarkable study, Tom Gunning, historian and theorist of early cinema, turns his attention to the work of Fritz Lang, the German emigre director who became a film-making giant on both sides of the Atlantic. Gunning proposes new readings of the entire output of this great director, with particular emphasis on Lang's reflection on modernity.
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"It's a complex web Lang weaves and Gunning is a perceptive and concrete guide to its richness."--"Sight and Sound
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Tom Gunning is Professor of Art History, Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Chicago. He is the author of D.W. Griffith and the Origins of American Narrative Film: The Early Years at Biograph.
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This review is from: The Films of Fritz Lang: Allegories of Vision and Modernity (Distributed for British Film Institute) (Paperback)
Lang's films are practically laid out on a couch and asked about their mothers. Psychologically interesting film analysys. I really enjoyed reading about the noir films because this brings much more depth to the viewing experience. Scarlet Street and House by the River are fascinating.
The author frustrates by digressing too much - Gunning often references earlier films and other reviewers - and the book could use more film stills for illustration. Recommended for in- depth enjoyment.
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The subjection that the character Fritz Lang feels to the clock outside minister Goebbels' window inscribes his place within a system he cannot control. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
grand enunciator, social trilogy, allegorical films, audio dissolve, criminal films, off screen look, next few shots, technological web, visionary scene, seventh room, private movie, big heat, off screen voice, parallel editing, visionary moment, visual fascination, city sleeps, carceral society, reverse angle, following shot, topographical view, master criminals Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Scarlet Street, Die Nibelungen, Frau Beckmann, Chris Cross, Bertha Duncan, Fritz Lang, Eddie Taylor, Father Dolan, New York, Joh Frederson, Tower of Babel, Joe Wilson, Reasonable Doubt, Walter Benjamin, Hans Beckert, Stephen Byrne, Vince Stone, Casey Mayo, Hangmen Also Die, Lucy Chapman, Christopher Cross, Homer Higgins, Secret Service, Bertolt Brecht, Hotel Luxor New!
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The subjection that the character Fritz Lang feels to the clock outside minister Goebbels' window inscribes his place within a system he cannot control. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
grand enunciator, social trilogy, allegorical films, audio dissolve, criminal films, off screen look, next few shots, technological web, visionary scene, seventh room, private movie, big heat, off screen voice, parallel editing, visionary moment, visual fascination, city sleeps, carceral society, reverse angle, following shot, topographical view, master criminals Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Scarlet Street, Die Nibelungen, Frau Beckmann, Chris Cross, Bertha Duncan, Fritz Lang, Eddie Taylor, Father Dolan, New York, Joh Frederson, Tower of Babel, Joe Wilson, Reasonable Doubt, Walter Benjamin, Hans Beckert, Stephen Byrne, Vince Stone, Casey Mayo, Hangmen Also Die, Lucy Chapman, Christopher Cross, Homer Higgins, Secret Service, Bertolt Brecht, Hotel Luxor New!
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