Allegorical images : tableau, time and gesture in the cinema of Werner Schroeter
Art and technology Judaism and art Schroeter, Werner Schroeter, Werner, sähkökirjat
Intellect
2006
EISBN 9781280709586
Introduction; A Cinema on the Margins: Contextualizing the Films of Werner Schroeter; Towards a Theory of Cinematic Allegory; The Allegorical Tableau; Allegorical Montage; A Gestural Cinema: Allegorical Figures and Faulty Performances; Brecht and Beyond: From Social to Allegorical Gestus; Werner Schroeter Filmography; Bibliography; Index.
Werner Schroeter is one of the most important and influential directors of the New German Cinema, yet discussion of his films within film theory has been intermittent and un-sustained. This book provides a long-overdue introduction to Schroeters visually lavish, idiosyncratic and conceptually rich cinema, situating its emergence within the context of the West German television and film subsidy system during the 1970s, then moving on to engage with some of the most pertinent and important arguments in contemporary film theory.
Werner Schroeter is one of the most important and influential directors of the New German Cinema, yet discussion of his films within film theory has been intermittent and un-sustained. This book provides a long-overdue introduction to Schroeters visually lavish, idiosyncratic and conceptually rich cinema, situating its emergence within the context of the West German television and film subsidy system during the 1970s, then moving on to engage with some of the most pertinent and important arguments in contemporary film theory.
