Coates, Paul,  1953- <br/><br/>
The Gorgon's gaze :  German cinema, expressionism, and the image of horror / 
Paul Coates. 
 - Cambridge :  Cambridge University Press,  2008. 
 - xiv, 287 p. ;  23 cm. 
 - Cambridge studies in film .
 - Cambridge studies in film. .
<br/><br/> Originally published: 1991.  Transferred to digital printing. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index. 
<br/><br/>Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: the uncanny and the gorgon's gaze; 1. Silent cinema and expressionism; 2. The sleep of reason: monstrosity and disavowal; 3. Memory and repression in recent German cinema; 4. Expressionism in America; 5. Elective affinities and family resemblances: for Margarethe von Trotta; Appendixes; Notes; Selected bibliography; Filmography; Index. 
<br/><br/> 'The Gorgon's Gaze' is an interdisciplinary study of recurrent themes in German cinema as it has developed since the early 20th century. Focusing on pertinent films of the pre- and post-World War II eras, Paul Coates explores the nature of expressionism. 
<br/><br/> Specialized. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780521063364 (pbk.) :  No price 0521063361 (pbk.) :  No price 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Motion pictures--History.--Germany<br/>Expressionism.<br/>Monsters in motion pictures.<br/>Performing Arts.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>791.4'3'0943