Visconti and the German dream
Subtitle: Romanticism, Wagner and the Nazi catastrophe in film
By: David Huckvale
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780786470303
Subjects: Motion pictures; Motion picture music; Motion pictures and literature; History and criticism; Criticism and interpretation; Romanticism; Fascism and culture; Motion pictures and music; History
Description: "This book explores the complex relationship between themes and ideals of German Romanticism; their impact on the Third Reich catastrophe; how the German Romantic movement led to Nazism, and contrasts the ways in which filmmakers have presented this continuum. Works discussed are Richard Wagner, Thomas Mann, Friedrich Nietzsche, Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, Ken Russell, Tony Palmer and others"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes filmography.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Visconti; title: Wagner in Italy; title: Ludwig, Wagner and Hitler; title: First intermission-the birth of Hitler from the spirit of music; title: Mann's "Death in Venice"; title: Second intermission-Pan, paganism and Arcadia; title: Visconti's Death in Venice; title: Gotterdammerung; title: Third intermission-the cinema of the future; title: The damned; title: Alternative visions; title: Epilogue: the film music of the future.