Expressionism in the Cinema

By: Robert Guffey

Book Overview

One of the most visually striking traditions in cinema, for too long Expressionism has been a neglected critical category of research in film history and aesthetics. The fifteen essays in this anthology remedies this by revisiting key German films like The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) and Nosferatu (1922), and also provide original critical research into more obscure titles like Nerven (1919) and The Phantom Carriage...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474425879
• ISBN13: 9781474425872
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"