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Weimar Cinema: An Essential Guide to Classic Films of the Era
Paper, 376 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-13055-4
$27.50
/ £19.00
January, 2009
Cloth, 376 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-13054-7
$89.50
/ £62.00
"Weimar Cinema is the volume on this fascinating era of international film history." — Gerd Gemünden, Bookforum
"A super collection of essays about sixteen dynamite flicks." — 944 Los Angeles
"This superb collection . . . [is] an excellent overview of the critical frameworks of German film studies . . . Essential." — Choice
"A well-constructed and welcome introduction to a number of classics." — Philipp Stiasny, German History
"Weimar Cinema will prove equally useful to teachers of undergraduates as to those engaging in ongoing scholarly research into this fascinating period in German filmhistory." — Ian Roberts, Historical Journal of Film, Radio, and Television
"With its detailed filmography and intelligently organized index, this work could easily serve as the primary textbook for a survey of Weimar film." — Glenn R. Cuomo, German Studies Review
"This anthology fills a distinct need: it brings together pertinent work previously published on Weimar cinema with new work in the field to provide a collection of essays that will be extremely useful for teaching." — Brigitte Peucker, Yale University
"A substantial collective accomplishment, a real contribution to the fields of German studies and film studies, as well as for a general public interested in film and film history." — Johannes von Moltke, University of Michigan
"Noah Isenberg has brought together a superb collection of essays on Weimar cinema. Raucous, scary, and erotic, the pioneering films of Weimar Germany still generate surprise and pleasure and are critical to our understanding of the modern condition. Each of these authors is an expert in the field and provides a fresh and insightful reading of some of the era's greatest films, from the renowned Cabinet of Caligari and The Blue Angel to the superb, though less famous, People on Sunday. Weimar Cinema is a must read for film lovers and anyone interested in that turbulent, exciting period of German history." — Eric D. Weitz, director, Center for German and European Studies, University of Minnesota, and author of Weimar Germany: Promise and Tragedy