{"product_id":"christian-petzold-interviews-paperback","title":"Christian Petzold: Interviews - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarco Abel\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAylin Bademsoy\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJaimey Fisher\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristian Petzold (b. 1960) is the best-known filmmaker associated with the \"Berlin School\" of postunification German cinema. Identifying as an intellectual, Petzold self-consciously approaches his work for both the big and the small screen by weaving critical reflection on the very conditions of contemporary filmmaking into his approach. Archeologically reconstructing genre filmmaking in a national film production context that makes the production of genre cinema virtually impossible, he repeatedly draws on plots from classic films, including Alfred Hitchcock's, in order to provide his viewers with the distinct pleasures only cinema can instill without, however, allowing his audience the comforts the \"cinema of identification\" affords them. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Including thirty-five interviews, \u003ci\u003eChristian Petzold: Interviews\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book in any language to document how one of Germany's best-known director's thinking about his work has evolved over the course of a quarter of a century, spanning his days as a flailing student filmmaker in the early 1990s in postunified Germany to 2020, when his reputation as one of world cinema's most respected auteurs has been firmly enshrined. The interviews collected here--thirty of which are published in English for the first time--highlight Petzold's career-long commitment to foregrounding how economic operations affect individual lives. The volume makes for a rich resource for readers interested in Petzold's work or contemporary German cinema but also those looking for theoretically challenging and sophisticated commentary offered by one of global art cinema's leading figures.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarco Abel \u003c\/b\u003eis Willa Cather Professor of English and Film Studies at the University of Nebraska and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Counter-Cinema of the Berlin School\u003c\/i\u003e. With Jaimey Fisher, he coedited a dossier on Christian Petzold's work for \u003ci\u003eSenses of Cinema. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eAylin Bademsoy\u003c\/b\u003e is a PhD candidate in the German Department at the University of California, Davis. \u003cb\u003eJaimey Fisher\u003c\/b\u003e, professor of German and of cinema and digital media at the University of California, Davis, is author of \u003ci\u003eGerman Ways of War\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eTreme\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e Christian Petzold\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eDisciplining Germany: Youth, Reeducation, and Reconstruction after the Second World War.\u003c\/i\u003e With Marco Abel, he coedited \u003ci\u003eThe Berlin School and Its Global Contexts: A Transnational Art Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e, and with Peter Uwe Hohendahl, he coedited \u003ci\u003eCritical Theory: Current State and Future Prospects\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 298\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 23, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51778389410080,"sku":"9781496846112","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f2b9c371fc6dd0fa7713fc4f0e6e2115.webp?v=1780506457","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/christian-petzold-interviews-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}