The ministry of illusion : Nazi cinema and its afterlife
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Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1996.
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xvi, 456 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Community College of Aurora - CentreTech - BOOKS
PN 1995.9 .N36 R46 1996
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PN 1995.9 .N36 R46 1996
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Published
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1996.
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Book
Language
English
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [389]-444) and index.
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German cinema of the Third Reich, even a half-century after Hitler's demise, still provokes extreme reactions. More than a thousand German feature films that premiered during the reign of National Socialism survive as mementoes of what many regard as film history's darkest hour. As Eric Rentschler argues, however, cinema in the Third Reich emanated from a Ministry of Illusion and not from a Ministry of Fear. Party vehicles such as Hitler Youth Quex and anti-Semitic hate films such as Jew Suss may warrant the epithet "Nazi propaganda," but they amount to a mere fraction of the productions from this era. The vast majority of the epoch's films seemed to be "unpolitical"--melodramas, biopics, and frothy entertainments set in cozy urbane surroundings, places where one rarely sees a swastika or hears a "Sieg Heil." Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels, Rentschler shows, endeavored to maximize film's seductive potential, to cloak party priorities in alluring cinematic shapes. Hitler and Goebbels were master showmen enamored of their media images, the Third Reich was a grand production. The Nazis were movie mad, and the Third Reich was movie made. Rentschler's analysis of the sophisticated media culture of this period demonstrates in an unprecedented way the potent and destructive powers of fascination and fantasy. Nazi feature films--both as entities that unreeled in moviehouses during the regime and as productions that continue to enjoy wide attention today--show that entertainment is often much more than innocent pleasure [Publisher description]
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Rentschler, E. (1996). The ministry of illusion: Nazi cinema and its afterlife . Harvard University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Rentschler, Eric. 1996. The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife. Harvard University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Rentschler, Eric. The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife Harvard University Press, 1996.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Rentschler, Eric. The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife Harvard University Press, 1996.
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