First Run Features and Nazi History

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:Offscreen vol. 8, no. 2 (Feb 2004), p. n/a
1. Verfasser: Totaro, Donato
Veröffentlicht:
Donald Totaro
Schlagworte:
Online-Zugang:Citation/Abstract
Full Text + Graphics
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie das erste Tag hinzu!

MARC

LEADER 00000nab a2200000uu 4500
001 2064794982
003 UK-CbPIL
022 |a 1712-9559 
035 |a 2064794982 
045 2 |b d20040201  |b d20040229 
100 1 |a Totaro, Donato 
245 1 |a First Run Features and Nazi History 
260 |b Donald Totaro  |c Feb 2004 
513 |a Feature 
520 3 |a First Run Features has in its collection several films dealing with the Nazis, mostly documentaries, the variety of which give evidence to the continuing interest and fascination with one of modern history’s darkest moments. According to Hitler, and backed by selected German art critics, these modern artworks, with their distorted facial features, elongated bodies, heightened and stylized colors, and skewed perspectives, reflected an image of depravity and insanity which, if left unchecked, would lead to a general cultural degeneration. According to most accounts, the Nazis thought that the title was a sly reference to them, so Lang sensibly changed the title to M. The Murderers are Among Us takes Lang’s cue, by having the title refer to a former Nazi Captain Brückner living a comfortable civilian life in Post-War Germany. [...]I will bring up a term used to define the group of films initiated by The Murderers are Among Us. Because of the ruined state of many post-War German cities that this and other later films made great use of, these films were eventually dubbed ‘Rubble Films.’2 In the DVD liner notes, German film historian Ralf Schenk writes in reference to the Rubble Films that, “This word has a symbolic meaning. 
610 4 |a First Run Features 
651 4 |a Union of Soviet Socialist Republics--USSR 
651 4 |a Germany 
653 |a Artists 
653 |a Modernism 
653 |a Documentary films 
653 |a Art exhibits 
653 |a German literature 
773 0 |t Offscreen  |g vol. 8, no. 2 (Feb 2004), p. n/a 
786 0 |d ProQuest  |t Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database 
856 4 1 |3 Citation/Abstract  |u https://www.proquest.com/docview/2064794982/abstract/embedded/L8HZQI7Z43R0LA5T?source=fedsrch 
856 4 0 |3 Full Text + Graphics  |u https://www.proquest.com/docview/2064794982/fulltextwithgraphics/embedded/L8HZQI7Z43R0LA5T?source=fedsrch