BackThe Films of Fritz Lang
Allegories of vision and modernity (book in English)
by Tom Gunning
- Type
- Biographies
- Subject
- Director > Fritz Lang
- Fritz Lang, filmography, modernism
- Publishing Date
- 2000
- Publisher
- BFI Publishing
- Collection
- (no collection)
- Language
- English
Dimensions
- Physical desc.
- Paperback • 544 pages • 25,97 €
6 x 9.25 inches (15 x 23.5 cm) - ISBN-10
ISBN-13 - 0-85170-743-2
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Book Presentation:
This study examines the early work of Fritz Lang, proposing readings of the entire output of one of cinema's foremost directors. It emphasizes Lang's reflection on modernity, and hones in on the problem of identity and subjectivity in a progressively more automated, impersonal world.
Press Reviews:
"It's a complex web Lang weaves and Gunning is a perceptive and concrete guide to its richness."--"Sight and Sound
About the Author:
Tom Gunning is Professor of Art History, Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Chicago. He is the author of D.W. Griffith and the Origins of American Narrative Film: The Early Years at Biograph.
See the publisher website: BFI Publishing
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