In this study Tom Gunning turns his attentions to the work of Fritz Lang, proposing new readings of the entire output of one of cinema's foremost directors.
In this study Tom Gunning turns his attentions to the work of Fritz Lang, proposing new readings of the entire output of one of cinema's foremost directors.
The Films of Fritz Lang: allegories of vision and modernity
by Gunning, Tom
fromBfi publishing
In this remarkable new study, the renowned historian and theorist of early cinema turns his attention to the work of Fritz Lang, proposing new readings of the entire output of one of cinema's foremost directors. Gunning examines the films not only as a stylistically coherent bod…
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