Berlin Replayed: Cinema and Urban Nostalgia in the Postwall Era

Author:   Brigitta B. Wagner
Publisher:   University of Minnesota Press
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Pages:   312
Publication Date:   17 December 2015
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Berlin Replayed: Cinema and Urban Nostalgia in the Postwall Era


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Brigitta B. Wagner showshow old and new films set in Berlin created a collective urban nostalgia forthe city's best, most inclusive, and most conciliatory pasts in the face of itsrenewed purpose as the allGerman capital. Berlin Replayed reveals theunderappreciated but powerful role film has played in the process of unifyingGermany's historical experience and bridging its physical and politicaldivisions.

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Author:   Brigitta B. Wagner
Publisher:   University of Minnesota Press
Imprint:   University of Minnesota Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.839kg
ISBN:  

9780816691746


ISBN 10:   0816691746
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   17 December 2015
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Contents Abbreviations and Terms Introduction: Auf Wiedersehen, Berlin! 1. Remake: Berlin Symphonies and the Myth of the Weltstadt 2. Generation: A 1950s Place for Us 3. Virtuality: Cinema, Archive, and the Interactive Map of Potsdamer Platz 4. Orientation: Geographical Didacticism and the X-Films of New Berlin Epilogue: Berlin Returns, Again Acknowledgments Notes Filmography Index

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"""Clearly and confidently written, Berlin Replayed makes a major contribution to the study of film’s intersections with the built environment. Wagner’s deftly contextualized and nuanced close readings clearly emerge from her concentrated and lively attention to Berlin’s spaces, places, surfaces, and histories.""—John David Rhodes, University of Cambridge ""Berlin Replayed is an accomplished study by a well-known film historian, curator, and filmmaker""—Film International"


<i>Berlin Replayed </i>is an accomplished study by a well-known film historian, curator, and filmmaker --<i>Film International</i></p>


Berlin Replayed is an accomplished study by a well-known film historian, curator, and filmmaker --Film International


Clearly and confidently written, Berlin Replayed makes a major contribution to the study of film s intersections with the built environment. Wagner s deftly contextualized and nuanced close readings clearly emerge from her concentrated and lively attention to Berlin s spaces, places, surfaces, and histories. John David Rhodes, University of Cambridge


Clearly and confidently written, Berlin Replayed makes a major contribution to the study of film's intersections with the built environment. Wagner's deftly contextualized and nuanced close readings clearly emerge from her concentrated and lively attention to Berlin's spaces, places, surfaces, and histories. -John David Rhodes, University of Cambridge Berlin Replayed is an accomplished study by a well-known film historian, curator, and filmmaker -Film International


Author Information

Brigitta B. Wagner is a film historian, curator, and filmmaker. She is a member of the Berlin cinema collective WOLF Kino and the editor of DEFA after East Germany.

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