Cinema of the German Sprachraum “Academia is the death of cinema. It is the very opposite of passion. Film is not the art of scholars, but of illiterates.” -Werner Herzog Harsh Patolia, WFU University Class of 2016 Flow House Spring 2014 Projected advised by Dr. Tom Phillips
Objective Identifying social, cultural, and political paradigm shifts within the German Sprachraum (namely Germany and Austria) over the course of the 20th century through cinematic case study.
Research focused on 20th century film Wilhelmine Era (1895- Weimar Era Third Reich Postwar Era Research focused on 20th century film
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) Rainer Werner Fassbinder Triumph of the Will (1935) Leni Riefenstahl Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) Rainer Werner Fassbinder The Piano Teacher (2001) Michael Haneke
Conclusion Collective Individual