Fassbinder's Germany: History, Identity, Subject (Film Culture in Transition) - Softcover

Elsaesser, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9053560599 ISBN 13: 9789053560594

Publisher: Amsterdam University Press, 1996

Synopsis

Rainer Werner Fassbinder is one of the most prominent and important authors of post-war European cinema. Thomas Elsaesser is the first to write a thoroughly analytical study of his work. He stresses the importance of a closer understanding of Fassbinder's career through a re-reading of his films as textual entities. Approaching the work from different thematic and analytical perspectives, Elsaesser offers both an overview and a number of detailed readings of crucial films, while also providing a European context for Fassbinder's own coming to terms with fascism.

About this title

About the Author:

Thomas Elsaesser is professor emeritus of film and television studies in the Department of Art and Culture at the University of Amsterdam.
 

Review:

Thomas Elsaesser, who teaches film at the University of Amsterdam, attempts to examine the political and historical forces that shaped Fassbinder's work, which often focused on the West German postwar pursuit of prosperity in "a society 'on the make' but not 'on the move.'" Along the way themes like Nazism, fascism, anti-Semitism, homophobia and the Germanic nature are explored--both in general terms and as they may have informed Fassbinder's life and films. -- The New York Times Book Review, Tim Hilchey

About this edition

• Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 9053560599
• ISBN 13: 9789053560594
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 350