The New German Cinema: Music, History, and the Matter of Style
By Caryl Flinn.
Description
When New German cinema directors like R. W. Fassbinder, Ulrike Ottinger, and Werner Schroeter explored issues of identitynational, political, personal, and sexualmusic and film style played crucial roles. Most studies of the celebrated film movement, however, have sidestepped the role of music, a curious oversight given its importance to German culture and nation formation. Caryl Flinn’s study reverses this trend, identifying styles of historical remembrance in which music participates. Flinn concentrates on those styles that urge listeners to interact with differenceincluding that...
ISBN(s)
0520238230, 9780520238237
