The city symphony phenomenon: cinema, art, and urban modernity between the wars

"The 1920s and 1930s saw the rise of the city symphony, an experimental film form that presented the city as protagonist instead of mere decor. Combining experimental, documentary, and narrative practices, these films were marked by a high level of abstraction reminiscent of high-modernist expe...

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Weitere Verfasser: Jacobs, Steven (HerausgeberIn), Kinik, Anthony 1969- (HerausgeberIn), Hielscher, Eva (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2019
Schriftenreihe:AFI film readers
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Zusammenfassung:"The 1920s and 1930s saw the rise of the city symphony, an experimental film form that presented the city as protagonist instead of mere decor. Combining experimental, documentary, and narrative practices, these films were marked by a high level of abstraction reminiscent of high-modernist experiments in painting and photography. Moreover, interwar city symphonies presented a highly fragmented, oftentimes kaleidoscopic sense of modern life, and they organized their urban-industrial images through rhythmic and associative montage that evoke musical structures. In this comprehensive volume, contributors consider the full 80 film corpus, from 'Manhatta' and 'Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Grosstadt' to lesser-known cinematic explorations"--
Beschreibung:Actually published in 2018
Beschreibung:xvii, 341 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm
ISBN:9781138665279
1138665274

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