Article: Analyzing the Familiar: Approaches to Home Movies from East Germany
Abstract
Analyzing East German home movies presents a challenge for researchers, since 8 mm and Super 8 reels reveal a harmonious image of life under dictatorship. This article proposes a combination of film analysis, the analysis of written sources, and film interviews as a methodological approach to studying films in the absence of contextual information. This approach is especially effective as a way of distancing oneself from preconceptions about vernacular filmmaking under socialism.
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Thalheim, Sebastian: Analyzing the Familiar: Approaches to Home Movies from East Germany. In: Research in Film and History, Jg. (2021-01-28), Nr. 3, S. 1-24. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/15455.
@ARTICLE{Thalheim2021-01-28,
author = {Thalheim, Sebastian},
title = {Analyzing the Familiar: Approaches to Home Movies from East Germany},
year = 2021-01-28,
doi = "\url{http://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/15455}",
address = {Bremen},
journal = {Research in Film and History},
number = 3,
pages = {1--24},
}
author = {Thalheim, Sebastian},
title = {Analyzing the Familiar: Approaches to Home Movies from East Germany},
year = 2021-01-28,
doi = "\url{http://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/15455}",
address = {Bremen},
journal = {Research in Film and History},
number = 3,
pages = {1--24},
}
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