The Films of Fritz Lang
, by Gunning, Tom
- ISBN: 9780851707433 | 0851707432
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 3/28/2000
This study examines the early work of Fritz Lang, proposing readings of the entire output of one of cinema's foremost directors. It emphasizes Lang's reflection on modernity, and hones in on the problem of identity and subjectivity in a progressively more automated, impersonal world.
| Preface and Acknowledgments | ix | ||||
| Introduction: Standing Outside the Films - Emblems | |||||
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4 | (4) | |||
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8 | (7) | |||
| PART I: Reading the Text of Death -- Lang's Silent Allegories: Der mude Tod (1921), Die Nibelungen (1924), Metropolis (1927) | |||||
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15 | (7) | |||
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22 | (8) | |||
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30 | (4) | |||
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52 | (4) | |||
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56 | (6) | |||
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62 | (2) | |||
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64 | (4) | |||
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68 | (9) | |||
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77 | (3) | |||
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80 | (7) | |||
| PART II: The Mastery of Crime -- Lang's Urban Thrillers: Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922), Spies (1928), The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1932) | |||||
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87 | (7) | |||
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94 | (5) | |||
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99 | (9) | |||
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108 | (5) | |||
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113 | (4) | |||
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117 | (6) | |||
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123 | (4) | |||
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127 | (7) | |||
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134 | (5) | |||
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139 | (7) | |||
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146 | (9) | |||
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155 | (8) | |||
| PART III: Hinge -- M (1931) | |||||
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163 | (12) | |||
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175 | (9) | |||
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184 | (8) | |||
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192 | (11) | |||
| PART IV: Fritz Lang's America - The Social Trilogy: Fury (1936), You Only Live Once (1937), You and Me (1938) | |||||
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203 | (9) | |||
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212 | (7) | |||
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219 | (7) | |||
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226 | (9) | |||
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235 | (10) | |||
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245 | (5) | |||
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250 | (11) | |||
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261 | (11) | |||
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272 | (11) | |||
| PART V: Framing Desire: The Woman in the Window (1944), Scarlet Street (1945), The Secret Beyond the Door (1948), House by the River (1950) | |||||
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283 | (10) | |||
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293 | (6) | |||
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299 | (8) | |||
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307 | (6) | |||
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313 | (10) | |||
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323 | (9) | |||
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332 | (8) | |||
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340 | (9) | |||
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349 | (5) | |||
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354 | (8) | |||
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362 | (6) | |||
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368 | (10) | |||
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378 | (11) | |||
| PART VI: The 50s Exposes and Lang's Last Testament: The Blue Gardenia (1953), The Big Heat (1953), While the City Sleeps (1955), Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956), The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960) | |||||
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389 | (6) | |||
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395 | (7) | |||
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402 | (6) | |||
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408 | (7) | |||
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415 | (6) | |||
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421 | (7) | |||
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428 | (6) | |||
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434 | (5) | |||
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439 | (8) | |||
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447 | (10) | |||
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457 | (8) | |||
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465 | (6) | |||
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471 | (4) | |||
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475 | (6) | |||
| Notes | 481 | (26) | |||
| Bibliography | 507 | (12) | |||
| Index | 519 |
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