Considers over sixty Hollywood films set in Austria, examining the
film industry, the influence of domestic factors on images of a
foreign country, and the persistence of clichés. Maria von Trapp,
watching the final scene of The Sound of Music for the first time
as "her" family escaped into Switzerland, exclaimed, "Don't they
know geography in Hollywood? Salzburg does not border on
Switzerland!" Had she thought about the beginning of the film,
which transports viewers to "Salzburg, Austria in the last Golden
Days of the Thirties," when the country was in fact suffering from
extreme political and social unrest, she might have asked, "Don't
they know history either?" In The Sound of Music as well as in
Hollywood's many other "Austria" films, the projections on the
screen resemble reflections in a funhouse mirror. Elements of a
"real" place with a "real" history inhabited by "real" people can
be found in the fractured distortions, which have both drawn from
and contributed to the general public's perceptions of the country
and its citizens. Austria Made in Hollywood focuses on films set in
an identifiable Austria, examining them through the lenses of the
historical contexts on both sides of the Atlantic and the prism of
the ever-changing domestic film industry. The study chronicles the
protean screen images of Austria and Austrians that set them apart
both from European projections of Austria and from Hollywood
incarnations of other European nations and nationals. It explores
explicit and implicit cultural commentaries on domestic and foreign
issues inserted in the Austrian stories while considering the many,
sometimes conflicting forces that shaped the films.
General
| Imprint: |
Camden House
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Screen Cultures: German Film and the Visual |
| Release date: |
March 2023 |
| Authors: |
Jacqueline Vansant
(Customer)
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
208 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-64014-158-2 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-64014-158-8 |
| Barcode: |
9781640141582 |
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