"The Lives of Others" and Contemporary German Film: A Companion

Published by De Gruyter 2013

"The Lives of Others" and Contemporary German Film

A Companion

Edited by: Paul Cooke

Volume 3 in the series Companions to Contemporary German Culture

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110268478

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This volume offers the first book-length academic investigation of Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s Oscar-winning film The Lives of Others (2006). The aim of this edited collection is twofold. On the one hand, it offers new insight into one of the most successful German films of the past two decades, placing The Lives of Others within its wider historical, political, aesthetic and industrial context. On the other, it offers this group of scholars, which includes many of the leading international figures in the field, opportunity to make a series of interventions on the state of contemporary German film and German film studies.

Comprehensive analyses on one of the most influential German movies of the 21st century
Historical, cultural and theoretical contextualisations of the movie and GDR history
With a contribution by the director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Author / Editor information

Paul Cooke, University of Leeds, UK.

Reviews

"With this volume, the master text that is The Lives of Others has a companion that does a great service in shedding light on the complex and interrelated issues that surround the film. It is accompanied by a very useful bibliography. One can expect this volume to be a touchstone for many future discussions of the film."

(James M. Skidmore, Seminar 51, 1-2015)

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Introduction. The Lives of Others and Contemporary German Film Paul Cooke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
I. Making the Film
Chapter One. Seeing a Film Before You Make It Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
Chapter Two. Wiesler’s Turn to Dissidence and the History behind the Film Manfred Wilke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
Chapter Three. The Lives of Others, the New Matrix of Production and the Profitable Past Randall Halle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
Chapter Four. A Historical Sort of Stardom: Casting, Ulrich Mühe, and The Lives of Others’ Authenticity Problem Jaimey Fisher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
II. Re-positioning the Film
Chapter Five. Fear and (Self-)Loathing in East Berlin: Gender and Melodrama in The Lives of Others Andrea Rinke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
Chapter Six. Der Tangospieler: Coming in from the Cold Once and for All? The Lives of Others as Cold War Spy film David Bathrick Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
Chapter Seven. The Lives of Others: Screenplay as Literature and the Literary Film Marc Silberman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
Chapter Eight. International ‘Auditorism’: The Postnational Politics of Interpretation of von Donnersmarck’s The Lives of Others Ian Thomas Fleishman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
III. Beyond the Film
Chapter Nine. The Sounds of Others Lutz Koepnick Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
Chapter Ten. On the Lives of Objects Sabine Hake Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
Chapter Eleven. Von Donnersmarck’s Dialogue with Hollywood: from The Lives of Others to The Tourist (2010) Paul Cooke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
Chapter Twelve. The Lives of Others: The History of Heritage and the Rhetoric of Consensus Eric Rentschler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	261
Film Credits. Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others, 2006, Germany), 137 Minutes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	273
List of Illustrations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	275
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	277
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	281

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Students and Scholars (Film Studies, Cultural Studies, German Studies), Libraries, Departments
Pages
- Front matter: 7
- Main content: 294
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 30
Keywords: "The Lives of Others"; Contemporary German Film

eBook

Published: June 26, 2013
ISBN: 9783110268478

Hardcover

Published: May 29, 2013
ISBN: 9783110268102