The films of Fritz Lang
Subtitle: allegories of vision and modernity
By: Tom Gunning.
Publisher: British Film Institute
Published: 2000
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 528
Subjects: Lang, Fritz, 1890-1976 -- Criticism and interpretation
Description: In this remarkable new study, the renowned historian and theorist of early cinema turns his attention to the work of Fritz Lang, proposing new readings of the entire output of one of cinema's foremost directors. Gunning examines the films not only as a stylistically coherent body of work, but as an attempt to portray the modern world through cinema. The world of modernity in which systems replace individuals is conveyed by Lange's mastery of cinematic set design, composition, and editing. Lang presents not only a decades-long vision of cinematic narrative that can be compared to that of Alfred Hitchcock or Jean Renoir, but a view of modernity that relates strongly to the ideas of Adorno, Brecht, Benjamin, and Kracauer.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [481]-517) and index.