German Filmmakers
January 13, 2012
KINO | The German Film Magazine
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Wagner – The Making of Der Ring Des Nibelungen / Patrice Chereau $13.19 This documentary, originally made for television, not only chronicles the making of the brilliant, controversial centennial production of Wagner’s Ring Cycle at Bayreuth; it also looks at the history of Bayreuth Ring productions and the history of the Wagner family, preserver and modifier of his performing tradition. It includes some recordings and film clips that will interest devotees of perform… |
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Director’s Series Vol. 6 – Work of Director Anton Corbijn $17.98 Known as much for his photography as his videos, Anton Corbijn has produced some of rock’s most memorable images. Long associated with Depeche Mode and U2 (that’s his iconic shot on the cover of Joshua Tree), the Dutch director has worked with a diverse array of acts, including Joy Division (“Atmosphere”), Nirvana (“Heart-Shaped Box”), and Metallica (“Hero of the Day”). Read our interview wi… |
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East Side Story $29.95 All singing! All dancing! All proletariat! Who knew the Soviets made musicals? The evidence is there in Dana Ranga’s giddy documentary, which offers clips from dozens of musicals made between 1930 and 1970 from the Communist bloc. From rural Russian ditties with synchronized tractors and overall-clad farmers singing about the five-year plan to backstage melodramas and East German beach movies, thi… |
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Into Great Silence (Two-Disc Set) $16.75 INTO GREAT SILENCE – DVD Movie… |
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Bowling For Columbine $2.99 … |
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The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl $16.44 WONDERFUL HORRIBLE LIFE OF LENI RIEFE – DVD Movie… |
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The Filmmaker’s Eye: Learning (and Breaking) the Rules of Cinematic Composition $17.71 Amazon Exclusive: A Letter from Gustavo Mercado on The Filmmakerâs Eye: Learning (and Breaking) the Rules of Cinematic Composition Dear Amazon Readers, Although there are other books out there that deal with the principles of visual composition, I always wanted to have a guide that specialized in the specific requirements that are inherent to the composition of shots intended for telling s… |
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DSLR Cinema: Crafting the Film Look with Video $22.37 Video-capable DSLR cameras give filmmakers a quality previously impossible without high-end cinema cameras. Exploring the cinematic quality and features offered by hybrid DSLRs, this book empowers the filmmaker to craft visually stunning images inexpensively. Learn to think more like a cinematographer than a videographer, whether shooting for a feature, short fiction, documentary, video journalism… |
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Rebel without a Crew: Or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker With $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player $8.95 No one has landed on the cinematic map with more explosive force than Robert Rodriguez, director of El Mariachi. Just how did this amateur filmmaker from Texas – with only one camera, no crew, and a budget largely raised by subjecting himself to medical experimentation – manage to complete a feature film for $7,000 and get himself wined and dined by Hollywood’s biggest movie moguls? Now, in his ow… |
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Olympia – The Leni Riefenstahl Archival Collection (DVD) $22.27 2 Disc Set Acclaimed German filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl has two documentaries collected here. Festival of Nations i |
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Princes And Princesses (DVD) $22.27 The shadow animation techniques pioneered by German filmmaker Lotte Reiniger are utilized in this moving tale from director Michel Ocelot (KIRKOU AND THE WILD BEAST). A magical machine produces moments of wonder for a teacher and two students, who feed… |
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Drei (DVD) $19.79 A husband and wife are both tempted into infidelity, but they have more in common than they`d imagine in this comedy-drama from German filmmaker Tom Tykwer. Hanna (Sophie Rois) and Simon (Sebastian Schipper) are a married couple in their early 40s; she… |
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Ulrike Ottinger (Hardcover) $65.92 Since 1974, German filmmaker Ulrike Ottinger has created a substantial body of films that explore a world of difference defined by the tension and transfer between settled and nomadic ways of life. In many of her film… |
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Whisper & Shout $22.27 This is a rare East German documentary about the rock music scene in that country just before unification. It was made with great difficulty, because the filmmakers were unable to obtain the necessary technical equipment and many improvisations were re… |
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Kevin Coyne: 1979 Live at WDR-Studio L Cologne (DVD) $17.81 This musical release from renowned poet, musician, filmmaker, and “anti-star” Kevin Coyne captures a live performance by the artist, recorded at WDR-Studio L in Cologne, Germany in 1979. Some of the pieces featured in the release include “Right On Her … |
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