Light Motives: German Popular Cinema in Perspective

Critics rarely associate popular film with German cinema, despite the international success of such films as Das Boot (1981), The Never-Ending Story (1984), Run, Lola, Run (1998), and recent German comedies, all representing a rich body of work outside the parameters of high culture. This very success compels the authors of Light Motives to take an unprecedented look at German popular film across the historical spectrum and to challenge the tendency...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814330452
• ISBN13: 9780814330456
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.1" x 8.9"