Film architecture and the transnational imagination: set design in 1930s European cinema
Film architecture and the transnational imagination: set design in 1930s European cinema
European cinema between World Wars I and II was renowned for its remarkable attention to detail and visual effects in set design. Visionary designers such as Vincent Korda and Alfred Junge extended their influence across national film industries in Paris, London, and Berlin, transforming the studio system into one of permeable artistic communities. For the first time, Film Architecture and the Transnational Imagination provides a comparative study of European film set design in the late 1920s and 1930s. Based on a wealth of drawings, film stills, and archival documents from the period, this volume illuminates the emerging significance of transnational artistic collaboration in light of developments in Britain, France, and Germany. A comprehensive analysis of the practices, styles, and function of interwar cinematic production design, Film Architecture and the Transnational Imagination offers new insight into the period’s remarkable achievements and influence on subsequent generations.
9789053569801
Amsterdam University Press
Bergfelder, Tim
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Harris, Sue
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Street, Sarah
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2007
Bergfelder, Tim
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Harris, Sue
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Street, Sarah
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Bergfelder, Tim, Harris, Sue and Street, Sarah
(2007)
Film architecture and the transnational imagination: set design in 1930s European cinema
(Film Culture in Transition),
Amsterdam, NL.
Amsterdam University Press, 316pp.
Abstract
European cinema between World Wars I and II was renowned for its remarkable attention to detail and visual effects in set design. Visionary designers such as Vincent Korda and Alfred Junge extended their influence across national film industries in Paris, London, and Berlin, transforming the studio system into one of permeable artistic communities. For the first time, Film Architecture and the Transnational Imagination provides a comparative study of European film set design in the late 1920s and 1930s. Based on a wealth of drawings, film stills, and archival documents from the period, this volume illuminates the emerging significance of transnational artistic collaboration in light of developments in Britain, France, and Germany. A comprehensive analysis of the practices, styles, and function of interwar cinematic production design, Film Architecture and the Transnational Imagination offers new insight into the period’s remarkable achievements and influence on subsequent generations.
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Published date: 2007
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Tim Bergfelder authored 'The Invisible Set' in Chapter 1 'Introduction: Understanding and Interpreting Set Design in Cinema' pp 11-18, and 'Germany' in Chapter 2 'European Set Design in the 1920s and 1930s: Cultural Contexts and Professional Practices' pp 32-56, and chapter 3 'Imagining Space in Late Weimar Cinema' pp 109-167.
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ISBN: 9789053569801
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Sue Harris
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Sarah Street
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