Weimar Cinema, 1919 - 1933: Daydreams and Nightmares ; [in Conjunction with the Exhibition ... Museum of Modern Art, New York, November 17, 2010-March 7, 2011]

Laurence Kardish

Museum Of Modern Art, 2010 - Performing Arts - 224 pages

Summary: Published in conjunction with the Museums presentation of 75 featurelength films from theWeimar era, many of them only recently restored, Weimar Cinema 1919-1933: Daydreams and Nightmares reconsiders the broad spectrum of influential German films made between the world wars. Both films made in Germany and those made in America by the émigré filmmakers who arrived in Hollywood before Hitler took power deeply affected American cinema. Weimar Cinema is the first comprehensive survey of this period to include popular cinema musicals, comedies, the daydreams of the working class along with the nightmarish classics such as Fritz Langs Dr.Mabuse der Spieler and M, F.W. Murnaus Nosferatu: Eine Symphonie des Grauens and G.W. Pabsts Pandoras Box. Richly illustrated with film stills, the book examines how our understanding of these films has changed in the last half century and investigates important themes in films from this period, including the portrayal of women and the role of sound. Supplementing the essays is a detailed illustrated filmography of the 75 films featured in the programme; each film is accompanied by a brief description and excerpts from reviews.

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Weimar Cinema, 1919–1933: Daydreams and Nightmares is published in conjunction with the film exhibition at The Museum of Modern Arsts (MoMA) with the same name. The book shows a broad spectrum of ...

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Worthwhile selection of essays on German cinema between the wars, including revisiting Krakauer, rehabilitating Weimar musicals, early Dietrich. There is also catalog of selected Weimar era films ...

About the author

Laurence Kardish is Curator and Coordinator of film exhibitions in the Department of Film and Media at The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Weimar Cinema, 1919 - 1933: Daydreams and Nightmares ; [in Conjunction with the Exhibition ... Museum of Modern Art, New York, November 17, 2010-March 7, 2011]
• Editor: Laurence Kardish
• author of text accompanying photos: Laurence Kardish
• Contributors: Laurence Kardish, Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Museum Of Modern Art, 2010
• ISBN: 0870707612, 9780870707612
• Length: 224 pages
• Subjects: Performing Arts / Film & Video / General; Performing Arts / Film & Video / History & Criticism