From Alice to Buena Vista: The Films of Wim Wenders

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This analysis of the films of Wim Wenders from the early 1970s through to the 1990s attempts to place his work in the cultural and political context of the time. Feminist analysis, cultural theory and psychoanalysis combine to explore the major themes in the films, with an emphasis on gender and narrative and on Wenders' concern with the representation of otherness. Wenders' earlier films reflect concerns with identity and with issues of masculinity and detachment. His later films reveal a preoccupation with seeing, images and love, which culminated in the international success of "The Buena Vista Social Club". As this study suggests, Wenders' later works manifest a shift in direction away from indifference and toward reconciliation, ethical practice and relationships. Thematically arranged, chapters begin with the early films and trace the masculinity, identity, and lost narrative motifs throughout Wenders' oeuvre.

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.,."detailed discussions of themes in Wenders's most recent films that one is not, at this point, likely to find elsewhere."-German Studies Review
...detailed discussions of themes in Wenders's most recent films that one is not, at this point, likely to find elsewhere.-German Studies Review
..."detailed discussions of themes in Wenders's most recent films that one is not, at this point, likely to find elsewhere."-German Studies Review

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ROGER BROMLEY is Professor in International Cultural Studies and Director of the School of Graduate Studies and Research at Nottingham Trent University. He is the author of Lost Narratives and Narratives for a New Belonging.