Edgar Reitz's Heimat Histories, Traditions, Fictions

Name: Edgar Reitz's Heimat Histories, Traditions, Fictions
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ISBN: 9780820453101

ISBN-10: 0820453102

ISBN-13: 9780820453101

Edition: 2000

Authors: Rachel Palfreyman

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This study of Edgar Reitz's 1984 film saga Heimat explores the cultural contexts of the Heimat tradition and examines the political debate surrounding the film's reception. Responses were largely supportive but some critics were disturbed by an apparent tendency to induce a sense of uncritical nostalgia in viewers. Reitz, by contrast, had wanted to make a film which would help people confront their memories of the Third Reich. The author tests hostile critiques not only against the film's elliptical narrative but also against Reitz's filmic techniques. She examines the interplay of realism and authenticity, and shows how Reitz dramatizes the confrontation between modernity and rural…

Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing, Incorporated
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 237
Size: 5.91" wide x 8.66" long
Weight: 0.748