New German Cinema: A History: A History

by Thomas Elsaesser

Book Overview

From Publishers Weekly In this exemplary analysis of what is arguably the most vital national cinema since the French New Wave, Elsaesser, a British professor, defines New German Cinema as the fruit of government sponsorship of independent filmmaking that peaked during the 1970s. Works by its disparate talents, from Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Wim Wenders to Werner Herzog and Volker Schlondorff, are illumined by close readings here that adopt a variety...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813513928
• ISBN13: 9780813513928
• Release Date: April 1989
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 430 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.3"