New Austrian film

Dassanowsky, Robert. (Added Author). Speck, Oliver C. (Added Author).

Summary: From its scattered beginnings in the 1980s the Austrian new wave has developed into a cinema with broad international recognition. Out of a film culture originally starved of funds have emerged rich and eclectic works by film-makers that are now achieving the international recognition that they deserve: Barbara Albert, Michael Haneke, Ulrich Seidl, and Stefan Ruzowitzky, to give four examples. This comprehensive critical anthology, by leading scholars of Austrian film, is intended to introduce and make accessible this much under-represented phenomenon. Although the book covers the full develop.

Record details

ISBN: 9781845457006
ISBN: 0857452320
ISBN: 9780857452320
Physical Description: 1 online resource (vii, 400 pages)
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Publisher: New York : Berghahn Books, ©2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Filmography: pages 377-386. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	pt. 1. Early visions/influential sites -- pt. 2. Barbara Albert and the female re-focus -- pt. 3. Michael Haneke and Ulrich Seidl : a question of spectatorial destination -- pt. 4. Re-visions, shifting centers, crossing borders -- pt. 5. Stefan Ruzowitzky and neo-classic trends -- pt. 6. Austria and beyond as terra incognita : Glawogger, Sauper, Spielmann.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.