ReFocus: The Films of Paul Leni

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Titel: ReFocus : The Films of Paul Leni

Enthält: Frontmatter
Contents
List of Figures
Notes on Contributors
Chronology
1 Introduction
2 Exploding the Cosmopolitan and Treating the Foreigners’ Foreignness: Paul Leni’s The Diary of Dr. Hart
3 The Unnatural in the Natural: Leopold Jessner and Paul Leni’s Early Weimar Film Backstairs
4 Cinema Panopticum: Wax, Work, Waxworks
5 The Proto-Horror-Comedy: Waxworks
6 Intersectional Avant-Garde: Paul Leni’s Rebus-Film Series and the Confluence of Experimental Visual Styles
7 Bravura Beginnings: Paul Leni and the Art of the Prologue
8 Paul Leni’s The Cat and the Canary: Adaptation into Genre
9 Specters of the Mind: Ghosts, Illusion, and Exposure in Paul Leni’s The Cat and the Canary
10 Misfitting in America: Paul Leni, Conrad Veidt, and The Man Who Laughs
11 Masculinity and Facial Disfigurement in The Man Who Laughs
12 Cinematic Space and Set Design in Paul Leni’s The Last Warning
13 The Last Warning: Uncertainty, Exploitation, and Horror
Filmography
Index

Beteiligte: Tortolani, Erica [VerfasserIn]; Born, Erik [MitwirkendeR]; Doerre, Jason [MitwirkendeR]; Fisher, Jaimey [MitwirkendeR]; Gergely, Gábor [MitwirkendeR]; Gordon, Rebecca M. [MitwirkendeR]; Heinsohn, Bastian [MitwirkendeR]; Henderson, Bruce [MitwirkendeR]; Natale, Simone [MitwirkendeR]; Norden, Martin F. [VerfasserIn]; Norden, Martin F. [MitwirkendeR]; Shimpach, Shawn [MitwirkendeR]; Tortolani, Erica [MitwirkendeR]; Westerdale, Joel [MitwirkendeR]

Erschienen: Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, [2021]

Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (288 p.); 26 B/W illustrations

Sprache: Englisch

DOI: 10.1515/9781474454537

ISBN: 9781474454537

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Schlagwörter: Motion pictures-Production and direction ; Motion pictures Production and direction Germany History ; Motion pictures Production and direction California Los Angeles History ; Film, Media & Cultural Studies ; PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / Direction & Production

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Anmerkungen: In English

Beschreibung: Offers the first comprehensive English-language book on the life and career of Paul LeniCovers many dimensions of Leni's professional creativity, including his early visual and theatrical work in Germany during the 1910s, collaborations with contemporary filmmakers, career in and experiments with set and stage design, and transition from German to Hollywood filmmakingEngages with new historical, analytical, and theoretical perspectives on Leni's most influential filmsSilent-era film scholarship has all too often focused on a handful of German directors, including Fritz Lang, F. W. Murnau and Ernst Lubitsch, but little attention has been paid to arguably one of the most influential filmmakers of the period: Paul Leni. This collection – the first comprehensive English-language study of Leni’s life and career – offers new insights into his national and international films, his bold forays into scenic design and his transition from German to Hollywood filmmaking.The contributors give fresh insights into Leni’s most influential films, including Waxworks (1924), The Cat and the Canary (1927) and The Man Who Laughs (1928), and explores such lesser-known productions as The Diary of Dr. Hart (1918), Backstairs (1921) and the Rebus film series (1925–7). Engaging with new historical, analytical, and theoretical perspectives on Leni’s work, this book is a groundbreaking exploration of a cinematic pioneer

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