1. Is there a linear German film history? Why or why not?
No, there is no linear German Film history because of Germanys fractured history from WW1 and WW2.
2. Instead of reading Weimar film as an “expression of a transhistorical national consciousness,” how should we read this phenomenon? Why?
Should read it as “historical imaginaries” from modern experiences like modern trench warfare and popular mass media.
3. Explain Siegfried Kracauer’s thesis on German cinema, vis-à-vis Caligari.
Fascism made people septiable. Also thought that films from Weimar foreshadowed Hitler and the Nazis.
4. Describe the features of a typical Heimatfilm.
Some of the typical features of a Heimatfilm is that they would show a landscape of the Alpine or even …show more content…
He showed what a German man should look like and how strong they are.
7. Why is Marlene Dietrich seen often as a problematic “irritant” in German film? Her image disrupts the idea of a true German both her life and in films. She got her start as an actor in Germany but most of her films where then done in America.
8. How did Dietrich “infringe” on social and racial norms?
Her voice was kinda husky and she work pants and pant suites. She before kissed another woman. It was brought up very often.
9. Describe the beginning of Riefenstahl’s Triumph of the Will and relate it to the German post-WWI consciousness.
It showed how Hitler would help Germany get our of bad inflation, help them recover. They try to show that Germany was not to be blamed for the war. That they shouldn’t be ones punished.
10. What is Gleichschaltung in the Nazi context, and why is it important to the development of film under the Nazis?
Gleichschaltung - to bring into line, political conformity. So the Nazis had all the power over all the films produced and shown to the public and world. They both has similar meaning. So during that era the films where all under the Nazis control and from their
No, there is no linear German Film history because of Germanys fractured history from WW1 and WW2.
2. Instead of reading Weimar film as an “expression of a transhistorical national consciousness,” how should we read this phenomenon? Why?
Should read it as “historical imaginaries” from modern experiences like modern trench warfare and popular mass media.
3. Explain Siegfried Kracauer’s thesis on German cinema, vis-à-vis Caligari.
Fascism made people septiable. Also thought that films from Weimar foreshadowed Hitler and the Nazis.
4. Describe the features of a typical Heimatfilm.
Some of the typical features of a Heimatfilm is that they would show a landscape of the Alpine or even …show more content…
He showed what a German man should look like and how strong they are.
7. Why is Marlene Dietrich seen often as a problematic “irritant” in German film? Her image disrupts the idea of a true German both her life and in films. She got her start as an actor in Germany but most of her films where then done in America.
8. How did Dietrich “infringe” on social and racial norms?
Her voice was kinda husky and she work pants and pant suites. She before kissed another woman. It was brought up very often.
9. Describe the beginning of Riefenstahl’s Triumph of the Will and relate it to the German post-WWI consciousness.
It showed how Hitler would help Germany get our of bad inflation, help them recover. They try to show that Germany was not to be blamed for the war. That they shouldn’t be ones punished.
10. What is Gleichschaltung in the Nazi context, and why is it important to the development of film under the Nazis?
Gleichschaltung - to bring into line, political conformity. So the Nazis had all the power over all the films produced and shown to the public and world. They both has similar meaning. So during that era the films where all under the Nazis control and from their