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The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum (Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum)

By Julian Preece

Book information

Publisher
British Film Institute
Year
2022
ISBN
1839024372, 9781839024375
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
19 MB (19487999 bytes)
Series
BFI Film Classics
Pages
104\106
Topic
Art Cinema
Time added
2023-06-12 11:14:54

Description

“Brisk [and] forceful.” Sight & Sound "Lucidly argued.” Total Film Margarethe von Trotta and Volker Schlöndorff's The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum (1975) was a pivotal film for the New German Cinema movement. Julian Preece considers what makes Katharina Blum new and radical, in particular in respect of women's cinema and its portrayal of the ordeal of its female lead in a world run by men. Drawing on archival material including drafts of the screenplay, brochures and props, reviews and interviews, Preece traces the conception of the film and its development from Heinrich Böll's original novel. Preece analyses how the film continues to resonate with our contemporary moment and has influenced film-makers from the German-Turkish director Fatih Akin to the British screenwriter Peter Morgan. Cover Dedication Title Copyright Contents Acknowledgments 1. A Pivotal Film for New German Cinema 2. Political Context in Post-68 West Germany 3. Heinrich Boll’s Novel, or How Violence Develops and Where It Can Lead 4. Words or Guns? Katharina Blum’s Struggle for Articulacy 5. Influence and Afterlives Notes Credits Bibliography

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