| Brecht on Film Contributor(s): Brecht, Bertolt (Author), Silberman, Marc (Editor), Silberman, Marc (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0413725006 ISBN-13: 9780413725004 Publisher: Methuen Drama OUR PRICE: $60.39 Product Type: Hardcover Published: February 2000 Annotation: From Weimar Germany to Hollywood to East Berlin, Brecht on Film& Radio gathers together a selection of Bertolt Brecht's own writings on the new film and broadcast media that revolutionized arts and communication in the twentieth century. Some excerpts: "I strongly wish that after their invention of the radio, the bourgeoisie would make a further invention that enables us to fix for all time what the radio communicates. Later generations would then have the opportunity to marvel how a caste was able to tell the whole planet what it had to say and, at the same time, how it enabled the planet to see that it had nothing to say." "All changes undertaken in the process of adapting extant stage plays for the sound film are no longer simply transformations from the acoustical to the optical medium necessitated by technological needs, rather, they are, in some cases, a form of meddling with the poetic substance of the work itself." "What then can be learned from the Threepenny lawsuit? When you buy a ticket for a sound film, you have learned and you know that what you will see now was produced exclusively as a commodity in a world consisting exclusively of commodities. If you intended to buy art with your ticket, then you have not learned that the art sold to you in the sound film must be marketable in order to be sold." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism - Performing Arts | Radio - History & Criticism |
| Dewey: 791.430 |
| Series: Diaries, Letters and Essays |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.18 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume gathers together, for the first time in English translation, Brecht's own writings on the new film and broadcast technologies that revolutionised arts and communication in the early part of the twentieth century This book includes all of Brecht's theoretical writing about film, radio, broadcasting and the new media written between 1919 and 1956 as well as all of his important screenplays produced during the 1920s and 1930s. Screenplays written during this time include an early sound-film adaptation of The Threepenny Opera, and a collaboration with Fritz Lang, Hangmen Also Die. Brecht's writings on the new media document his fascination with it from Weimar Germany to Hollywood and the movie industry.A must for students of Brecht and film studies alike. |
Contributor Bio(s): Brecht, Bertolt: - Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) is acknowledged as one of the great dramatists whose plays, work with the Berliner Ensemble and critical writings have had a considerable influence on the theatre. His landmark plays include The Threepenny Opera, Fear and Misery of the Third Reich, The Life of Galileo, Mother Courage and Her Children and The Caucasian Chalk Circle. Brecht, Bertolt: -Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) is acknowledged as one of the great dramatists whose plays, work with the Berliner Ensemble and critical writings have had a considerable influence on the theatre. His landmark plays include The Threepenny Opera, Fear and Misery of the Third Reich, The Life of Galileo, Mother Courage and Her Children and The Caucasian Chalk Circle. Silberman, Marc: - "Marc Silberman is Professor of German at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, USA. He is the co-editor of the completely revised and updated third edition of Brecht on Theatre and of Brecht on Performance (both 2014), and editor of Brecht on Film & Radio." |