Format:
1 Online-Ressource (96 pages)
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illustrations
Edition:
First edition
Edition:
Also issued in printing
ISBN:
9781838713720
Series Statement:
BFI film classics
Content:
"When Head-On (Gegen die Wand, 2004) won the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival, it was hailed as a turning point for German cinema. Not only was this unconventional love story the first German film in eighteen years to win the prestigious award, but the success of writer-director Fatih Akin was also celebrated as the revival of German auteur cinema. Meanwhile Turkey claimed Akin as its own prodigal son and his film a victory for Turkish cinema. Daniela Berghahn provides a detailed and entertaining account of the film's artistic inspirations, its production history and the debates that surrounded it in the German and Turkish press. Arguing that much of the media discourse on Turkish German identity politics detracted from Akin's remarkable artistic achievement, Berghahn instead situates Head-On in the critical contexts of global art cinema and transnational melodrama. This comparative approach excavates new layers of meaning and offers highly original insights into Akin's landmark film."--Bloomsbury Publishing
Note:
Compliant with Level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Content is displayed as HTML full text which can easily be resized or read with assistive technology, with mark-up that allows screen readers and keyboard-only users to navigate easily
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Includes bibliographical references
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Acknowledgments .- Introduction .- 1. And the Winner is...? .- 2. Caught Up in Identity Politics: From Turkish German Film-maker to Transnational Auteur .- 3. Head-On as Transnational Melodrama .- Notes .- Credits.
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Also issued in printing
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Barrierefreier Inhalt: Compliant with Level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Content is displayed as HTML full text which can easily be resized or read with assistive technology, with mark-up that allows screen readers and keyboard-only users to navigate easily
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781844576722
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Paperback version ISBN 9781844576722
Language:
English
DOI:
10.5040/9781838713720
