Volker Schlondorff's Cinema

by Moeller, Hans-Bernhard; Lellis, George

• ISBN13: 9780809332007
• ISBN10: 0809332000
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-10-31
• Publisher: Southern Illinois Univ Pr

Summary

Volker Schlöndorffs Cinema: Adaptation, Politics, and the "Movie-Appropriate" examines the work of director Volker Schlöndorff in historical, economic, and artistic contexts. Incorporating a film-by-film, twenty-eight-chapter study, Hans-Bernhard Moeller and George Lellis reveal a complexity and formal ambition in Schlöndorffs films that is comparable to that found in the work of Wenders, Herzog, and Fassbinder. In spite of Schlöndorffs successes with films like The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum and The Tin Drum, as well as his acclaimed work in the U.S. with Death of a Salesman, Gathering of Old Men, and The Handmaid's Tale, this is the first in-depth critical study of the filmmaker's career.

Author Biography

George Lellis is a professor of communication at Coker College. He is the author of Bertolt Brecht, Cahiersdu Cinma, and Contemporary Film Theory.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction: The Historical Importance of Schlöndorff	p. 1
Schlöndorff and His Sources	p. 11
The Early Schlöndorff: Suppression, Pop, and Protest
Young Törless	p. 25
A Degree of Murder and "An Uneasy Moment"	p. 40
Michael Kohlhaas	p. 48
Brechtian and Profeminist Schlöndorff
"Amphibious" Movies and Formal Experiments	p. 63
Baal	p. 78
The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People ofKombach	p. 88
The Morals of Ruth Halbfass and Overnight Stay in Tyrol	p. 100
A Free Woman	p. 112
Georgina's Reasons	p. 121
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum	p. 128
Coup de Grâce	p. 144
The International Schlöndorff
A German Consciousness for an International Audience	p. 157
The Tin Drum	p. 164
Just for Fun, Just for Play-Kaleidoscope Valeska Gert, The Candidate, and War and Peace	p. 183
Circle of Deceit	p. 194
Swann in Love	p. 206
The American Schlöndorff
A German Filmmaker in the United States	p. 219
Death of a Salesman	p. 223
A Gathering of Old Men	p. 234
The Handmaid's Tale	p. 247
The Post-Wall Schlöndorff
A Filmmaker for the European Community	p. 265
Voyager	p. 275
The Ogre	p. 289
Billy, How Did You Do It? and Palmetto	p. 303
The Legend of Rita and "The Perfect Soldier"	p. 309
Conclusion	p. 319
Filmography	p. 329
Appendix: U.S. Film, DVD, and Video Sources	p. 334
Notes	p. 337
Works Cited and Consulted	p. 340
Index	p. 357
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