Berlin Replayed: Cinema and Urban Nostalgia in the Postwall Era
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Berlin Replayed: Cinema and Urban Nostalgia in the Postwall Era
By (Author) Brigitta B. Wagner
University of Minnesota Press
University of Minnesota Press
1st March 2016
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
European history
Media studies
791.430943155
Physical Properties
Paperback
312
Width 178mm, Height 254mm, Spine 38mm
Description
Brigitta B. Wagner shows how old and new films set in Berlin created a collective urban nostalgia for the city's best, most inclusive, and most conciliatory pasts in the face of its renewed purpose as the allGerman capital. Berlin Replayed reveals the underappreciated but powerful role film has played in the process of unifying Germany's historical experience and bridging its physical and political divisions.
Reviews
"Clearly and confidently written, Berlin Replayed makes a major contribution to the study of films intersections with the built environment. Wagners deftly contextualized and nuanced close readings clearly emerge from her concentrated and lively attention to Berlins spaces, places, surfaces, and histories."John David Rhodes, University of Cambridge
"Berlin Replayed is an accomplished study by a well-known film historian, curator, and filmmaker"Film International
Author Bio
Brigitta B. Wagner is a film historian, curator, and filmmaker. She is a member of the Berlin cinema collective WOLF Kino and the editor of DEFA after East Germany.
