Popular Cinema of the Third Reich

Austin: University of Texas Press. Fine. 2004 (c.2001). 2nd paperback printing. Softcover. [a very nice copy, essentially as-new with just the teensiest bit of handling wear]. Trade PB (B&W photographs) "Rather than examining Third Reich cinema through overdetermined categories such as propaganda, ideology, or fascist aesthetics, [the author] concentrates on the constituent elements shared by most popular cinemas: famous stars, directors, and studios; movie audiences and exhibition practices; popular genres and new trends in set design; the reception of foreign films; the role of film criticism; and the representation of women. She pays special attention to the forced coordination of the industry in 1933, the changing demands on cinema during the war years, and the various ways of coming to terms with these filmic legacies after the war." .