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Summary: Great Pictures/Irritating Text
Review: I know this is one of the classic books of film history and one of the most famous books on the films of the Weimar era.However, I found it incredibly hard going. The photos are great and really give the reader a desire to see these gripping, strange films. The text, however, made me want to put the book down and read something else. Perhaps the problem is that the book was written in French and translated into English, but the text did not flow. I was aware of having to work at reading this prose. The chapters did not especially seem to build on each other but seemed to leap from topic A to C to E then back to B. Kracauer's "From Caligari to Hitler" is a far better overview of this era. "The Haunted Screen" will make you aware of some very interesting films, but it is best to treat it as a picture book and not a text to be read from cover to cover.
Rating:
Summary: Great Pictures/Irritating Text
Review: I know this is one of the classic books of film history and one of the most famous books on the films of the Weimar era. However, I found it incredibly hard going. The photos are great and really give the reader a desire to see these gripping, strange films. The text, however, made me want to put the book down and read something else. Perhaps the problem is that the book was written in French and translated into English, but the text did not flow. I was aware of having to work at reading this prose. The chapters did not especially seem to build on each other but seemed to leap from topic A to C to E then back to B. Kracauer's "From Caligari to Hitler" is a far better overview of this era. "The Haunted Screen" will make you aware of some very interesting films, but it is best to treat it as a picture book and not a text to be read from cover to cover.
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Summary: White and dark: the spirit of german cinema
Review: In this work, Lotte Eisner makes an inteligent analysis about the influences of the expressionism and german theather in the german cinema. It's important to know that expressionism have been confused, not rarely, with other kind of ideological and esthetical sources of influence. And about this confusion, this book brings a good help. The authorress identifies and points what is expressionism and what is not, where are the traces of the expressionism, of the german theather or of whatever. And besides, Lotte Eisner makes an interesting and complete review of the most important german films, for example Caligari, Nosferatu and Metropolis, also speaking a little about other films related to Germany, yet made in other countries. Since the authoress was one of the most important movie critics of Germany, and also a wickness of the birth of german cinema after the First World War, her statements or reviews are solid and plenty of good reveals.
Rating:
Summary: White and dark: the spirit of german cinema
Review: In this work, Lotte Eisner makes an inteligent analysis about the influences of the expressionism and german theather in the german cinema. It's important to know that expressionism have been confused, not rarely, with other kind of ideological and esthetical sources of influence. And about this confusion, this book brings a good help. The authorress identifies and points what is expressionism and what is not, where are the traces of the expressionism, of the german theather or of whatever. And besides, Lotte Eisner makes an interesting and complete review of the most important german films, for example Caligari, Nosferatu and Metropolis, also speaking a little about other films related to Germany, yet made in other countries. Since the authoress was one of the most important movie critics of Germany, and also a wickness of the birth of german cinema after the First World War, her statements or reviews are solid and plenty of good reveals.
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