Light Motives
Subtitle: German Popular Film in Perspective (Contemporary Film and Television Series)
Contributors: Randall Halle (Editor); Margaret McCarthy (Editor)
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Published: April 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780814330449
Subjects: Films, cinema; Performing Arts; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Performing Arts/Dance; Film & Video - General; Film & Video - History & Criticism; Germany; Motion pictures
Description: Critics rarely associate popular film with German cinema, despite the international success of films including Das Boot and Run Lola Run. The essays here re-examine German popular film production along with larger cultural, historical and political meanings suggested by the term 'popular'.