WINNER: 2014 CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE AWARD
DRAWING ON ARCHIVAL RESEARCH AND INTERVIEWS WITH DIRECTORS, WRITERS,
AND EDITORS, _LAST FEATURES_ IS THE STORY OF FORGOTTEN FILMS MADE
DURING THE TIME OF GERMAN UNIFICATION.
_Last Features_ is the story of forgotten films made during the time
of German unification. With leftover GDR funds and under chaotic
conditions, a group of young East German filmmakers produced around
thirty stylistically diverse films. Most of these films were lost in
the political upheaval of the _Wende_, disappearing until the 2009
_Wendeflicks_ festival in Los Angeles brought them back for an
international audience. Now available on DVD, these films provide
unique insights into the generational struggle in the DEFA studio,
East German youth culture in the 1970s, women directors at DEFA, the
relationship between the artist and the state, and the protests of
1989.
_Last Features_ focuses in particular on the production group
"DaDaeR," the creation of which in 1989 fulfilled a longstanding
request by the last generation of DEFA directors for freer production
conditions. Drawing onarchival research and interviews with the
directors, writers, and editors of the films in question, each chapter
examines specific films from the last year of DEFA, contextualizing
the analysis of these "last features" with a comprehensive discussion
of the directors' overall oeuvres, the historical changes in the
studio and the country, and the lasting importance of these films
today.
Reinhild Steingröver is Associate Professor of German and Film
Studies in the Department of Humanities at the Eastman School of
Music, University of Rochester.
Les mer
East German Cinema's Lost Generation
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781571138842
Publisert
2020
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Ingram Publisher Services UK- Academic
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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