
Herr Lubitsch Goes to Hollywood
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Language
English
ISBN
90-5356-709-7
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Lubitsch: The Filmmakers’ Filmmaker
Lubitsch’s Place in Two National Cinemas
The Standard Story: Germany Escapes Hollywood’s Influence
Chapter One: Lubitsch’s Career
Studying the Conditions of Influence
Lubitsch and the German Film Industry
Lubitsch’s Reputation in the 1920s
Areas of Stylistic Influence
Chapter Two: Making the Light Come from the Story: Lighting
Different Lighting Equipment
Different Conceptions of Lighting
Lubitsch and the German Norm
Germany’s Discovery of Three-point Lighting
Lubitsch Masters Three-point Lighting in Hollywood
Three-point Lighting and Expressionism
Chapter Three: Subduing the Cluttered Background: Set Design
Classical Norms of Set Design
Lubitsch and German Set Design
Herr Lubitsch Goes to Hollywood
Lubitsch’s Work with His Hollywood Art Directors
Chapter Four: Guiding the Viewer’s Attention: Editing
Lubitsch the Editor
Editing in Postwar German Films
Lubitsch’s Hollywood Films
Chapter Five: Peeking at the Players: Acting
The Survival of Pantomimic Acting in Post-War German Cinema
Lubitsch’s German Features
Lubitsch’s Hollywood Features
Chapter Six: Mutual Influences
Equipping for Influence: The Modernization of German Studios
German Cinema Goes Hollywood
Contemporary Discussions of American-Style Techniques
Distinctively German Devices and Their Impact
Epilogue: The Lubitsch Touch
Notes
Filmography
Index
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