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When Heimat Meets Hollywood
German Filmmakers and America, 1985-2005
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English
Published/Copyright:
2007
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Contemporary connections between German directors and Hollywood and their implications for German, American, and transnational film.
The film histories of Germany and the United States have long been seen as intertwined, but scholarship has focused on émigré works of the 1930s and 1940s, on links between Weimar film and American film noir, and on the conflictedrelationship between directors of the New German Cinema and Hollywood. Recently, German film studies has begun reexamining the interconnection of the two film cultures and focusing on the internationalism of German cinema, but little research has been done on contemporary German directors' involvement in American cinema, a gap in scholarship that this book fills. The study offers ways of understanding current German cinematic engagement with America and different directorial responses to the hegemonic pressures of Hollywood. It delineates the historical trajectory of German-American film relations in the 20th century, then analyzes the careers and works of four German-born directors who have significant ties with American cinema: Wolfgang Petersen, Roland Emmerich, Percy Adlon, and Tom Tykwer. A series of close readings of their productions isolates the cinematic practices and strategies with which these filmmakers negotiate the different national cultural and cinematic paradigms they traverse. The book analyzes constructions of national cultural identity, probes the boundaries of national cinemas, and expands our understanding ofemerging hybrid film cultures. It is a contribution to German film studies and to the emerging field of transnational film studies.
Christine Haase is Associate Professor of German at the University of Georgia.
The film histories of Germany and the United States have long been seen as intertwined, but scholarship has focused on émigré works of the 1930s and 1940s, on links between Weimar film and American film noir, and on the conflictedrelationship between directors of the New German Cinema and Hollywood. Recently, German film studies has begun reexamining the interconnection of the two film cultures and focusing on the internationalism of German cinema, but little research has been done on contemporary German directors' involvement in American cinema, a gap in scholarship that this book fills. The study offers ways of understanding current German cinematic engagement with America and different directorial responses to the hegemonic pressures of Hollywood. It delineates the historical trajectory of German-American film relations in the 20th century, then analyzes the careers and works of four German-born directors who have significant ties with American cinema: Wolfgang Petersen, Roland Emmerich, Percy Adlon, and Tom Tykwer. A series of close readings of their productions isolates the cinematic practices and strategies with which these filmmakers negotiate the different national cultural and cinematic paradigms they traverse. The book analyzes constructions of national cultural identity, probes the boundaries of national cinemas, and expands our understanding ofemerging hybrid film cultures. It is a contribution to German film studies and to the emerging field of transnational film studies.
Christine Haase is Associate Professor of German at the University of Georgia.
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Contents
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction
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1: German and American Film Relations in the Twentieth Century
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2: Wolfgang Petersen: Blockbuster Auteur?
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3: “Foil, Toothpaste, ID4”: Ideology and Global Appeal in the Films of Roland Emmerich
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4: Crossing Boundaries, Connecting People: The German-American Films of Percy Adlon
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5: “Bambi, Zombie, Gandhi”: The Cinema of Tom Tykwer
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Conclusion
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Index
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Keywords for this book
German Filmmakers; Hollywood; Transnational film; German cinema; Hollywood cinema; Contemporary cinema; Film history; Internationalism; Directors; Wolfgang Petersen; Roland Emmerich; Percy Adlon; Tom Tykwer
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For an expert adult audience, including professional development and academic research
