German Cinema

My focus is on representaions of fear and isolation in German cinema circa 1960 and how they relate to the cold war.

Useful sites:

www.kcl.ac.uk/content/1/c6/03/03/11/newgermancinema.ppt
Scholarly articles on Google after search for Isolation in post war german cinema.
www.cornerhouse.co.uk/education/course.aspx?ID=14&page=0 - 17k -

Magazine Articles:

Sight and Sound May o7- Eyes without a face. Article about Das Leben der Anderen ( The Lives of others)
by Anna Funder

Sight and Sound Dec 06- New German Cinema by Various Authors. Reviews of contemporary films and an
article about the current state of German cinema.

Films to reference:

Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others) - Dir: Florian Henkel Von Donnersmarck (2007)- Film about a member of the Stasi (East German secret police) who has a change of heart and decides to save the life of a writer he is 'monitoring'.

Valerie - Dir: Brigit Moller (2007) - A model in Berlin whose career is failing finds herself homeless and alone at christmas. Film is a bout isolation and desperation.

Heimat - Dir: Edgar Reitz (1984)- A Trilogy of episodic films chroinicling the life of one German family throughout the 20th Century.