The Films of Fritz Lang: Allegories of Vision and Modernity

by Tom Gunning

Book Overview

ln this volume Tom Gunning examines the films of Fritz Lang not only as a stylistically coherent body of work, but as an attempt to portray the modern world through cinema. The world of modernity in which systems replace individuals is conveyed by Lang's mastery of cinematic set design, composition and editing. Lang presents not only a decades-long vision of cinematic narrative which can be compared to that of Alfred Hitchcock or Jean Renoir, but...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0851707432
• ISBN13: 9780851707433
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: British Film Institute
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.3"