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  | | Berlin Alexanderplatz Radio, Film, and the Death of Weimar Culture by Peter Jelavich Hardcover, 316 Pages, Published 2006 by University Of California Press ISBN-13: 978-0-520-24363-7, ISBN: 0-520-24363-3 "This fascinating exploration of a work that was the epitome of German literary modernism illuminates in chilling detail the death of the Weimar Republic's left-leaning culture of innovation and experimentation. Peter Jelavich examines Alfred Döblin's Berlin Alexanderplatz (1929), a novel that questioned the autonomy and coherence of the human personality in the modern metropolis, and traces the radical discrepancies that came with its a ..." |
 | | Berlin Alexanderplatz Radio, Film, and the Death of Weimar Culture by Peter Jelavich 316 Pages, Published 2006 by Univ Of California Press ISBN-13: 978-0-520-93164-0, ISBN: 0-520-93164-5 "Though Braun was considered an expert on (or at least an enthusiast of) sound effects, those in the broadcast did not work well. Heister noted that the stamping engines of the ocean liner sounded more like those of an excursion boat on one of Berlin's suburban lakes (Miiggelseedampfer), and even the captain's voice, though spoken by Braun himself, was indistinct. While generally very sympathetic to the broadcast, Kapeller claimed t ..." |
 | | Screening the City by Mark Shiel, Tony Fitzmaurice, Contributor-Jude Davies, Contributor-Matthew Gandy, Contributor-Martin Gaughan, Contributor-Paul Gormley, Contributor-Peter Jelavich, Contributor-Jessie Labov, Contributor-Tyrus Miller, Contributor-John Orr, Paula J. Massood, Allan Siegel, David Sorfa, Carsten Strathausen, Darrell Varga Hardcover, 312 Pages, Published 2003 by Verso ISBN-13: 978-1-85984-690-2, ISBN: 1-85984-690-4 "The city has long been an important location for filmmakers. Visually compelling and always modern, it is the perfect metaphor for man's place in the contemporary world. In this provocative collection of essays, films as diverse as The Man with the Movie Camera, Annie Hall, Street of Crocodiles, Boyz N the Hood, Three Colors Red, and Crash are examined in terms of the relationship between cinema and the changing urban experience in Eur ..." |
 | | Screening the City(1st Edition) by Mark Shiel, Tony Fitzmaurice, Matthew Gandy, Martin Gaughan, Paul Gormley, Peter Jelavich, Jessie Labov, Tyrus Miller, Darrell Varga, Carsten Strathausen, Professor Jude Davies, Jude Davies, John Orr, Professor Paula J. Massood, Professor John Orr, Dr Allan Siegel Md Phd, Professor David Sorfa, Allan Siegel, David Sorfa, Professor Mark Shiel, Shiel Fitzmaurice Paperback, 322 Pages, Published 2003 by Verso ISBN-13: 978-1-85984-476-2, ISBN: 1-85984-476-6 "Throughout the book, the cinema's artistic encounter with the city always intersects with a social and political engagement in which urgent issues of class, race, sexuality, the environment, liberty, capital, and totalitarianism are everywhere at stake.The city has long been an important location for filmmakers. Visually compelling and always modern, it is the perfect metaphor for man's place in the contemporary world. In this provocati ..." |