A collaborator with Warner Brothers and Paramount in the early
days of sound film, the German film director Ernst Lubitsch
(1892-1947) is famous for his sense of ironic detachment and for
the eroticism he infused into such comedies as So This Is Paris and
Trouble in Paradise. In a general introduction to his silent and
early sound films (1914-1932) and in close readings of his
comedies, Sabine Hake focuses on the visual strategies Lubitsch
used to convey irony and analyzes his contribution to the rise of
classical narrative cinema. Exploring Lubitsch's depiction of
femininity and the influence of his early German films on his
entire career, she argues that his comedies represent an important
outlet for dealing with sexual and cultural differences. The
readings cover The Oyster Princess, The Doll, The Mountain Cat,
Passion, Deception, So This Is Paris, Monte Carlo, and Trouble in
Paradise, which are interpreted as part of an underlying process of
negotiation between different modes of representation, narration,
and spectatorship--a process that comprises the conditions of
production in two different national cinemas and the ongoing
changes in film technology. Drawing attention to Lubitsch's
previously neglected German films, this book presents the years
until 1922 as the formative period in his career.
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