The New German Cinema: Music, History, and the Matter of Style

by Caryl Flinn

When New German cinema directors like R. W. Fassbinder, Ulrike Ottinger, and Werner Schroeter explored issues of identity--national, political, personal, and sexual--music and film style played crucial roles. Most studies of the celebrated film movement, however, have sidestepped the role of music, a curious oversight given its importance to German culture and nation formation. Caryl Flinn's study reverses this trend, identifying styles of historical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520238230
• ISBN13: 9780520238237
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 323 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 8.9"