Re-Imagining DEFA: East German Cinema in its National and Transnational Contexts
Re-Imagining DEFA: East German Cinema in its National and Transnational Contexts by Séan Allan, Sebastian Heiduschke
2016 | ISBN: 1785331051, 1785331078 | English | 378 pages | PDF | 2 MB
2016 | ISBN: 1785331051, 1785331078 | English | 378 pages | PDF | 2 MB
By the time the Berlin Wall collapsed, the cinema of the German Democratic Republic―to the extent it was considered at all―was widely regarded as a footnote to European film history, with little of enduring value. Since then, interest in East German cinema has exploded, inspiring innumerable festivals, books, and exhibits on the GDR’s rich and varied filmic output. In Re-Imagining DEFA, leading international experts take stock of this vibrant landscape and plot an ambitious course for future research, one that considers other cinematic traditions, brings genre and popular works into the fold, and encompasses DEFA’s complex post-unification “afterlife.”