Sensitive Subjects
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- ISBN 9781789206302
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 01 Nov 2020
- Publisher: Berghahn Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Both politically and aesthetically, the contemporary German and Austrian film landscape is a far cry from the early days of the medium, when critics like Siegfried Kracauer produced foundational works of film theory amid the tumult of the early twentieth century. Yet, as Leila Mukhida demonstrates in this innovative study, the writings of figures like Kracauer and Walter Benjamin in fact remain an undervalued tool for understanding political cinema today. Through illuminating explorations of Michael Haneke, Valeska Grisebach, Andreas Dresen, and other filmmakers of the post-reunification era, Mukhida develops an analysis centered on film aesthetics and experience, showing how medium-specific devices like lighting, sound, and mise-en-scène can help to cultivate political sensitivity in spectators.
Leila Mukhida is Lecturer in Modern German Studies at the University of Cambridge.
