Rolf Giesen

Animation in Germany

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a comprehensive account of German animation history, as well as an analysis of the current state of the industry in competition with American and cheaper international products in the face of dwindling budgets.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. August 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9781032451336
• ISBN-10: 1032451335
• Artikelnr.: 67826487

Autorenporträt

Rolf Giesen, PhD, is a German film historian, screenwriter, lecturer, and collector who specializes in VFX and animation. He has shared his knowledge through numerous university and public lectures, cinematheque exhibitions, and monographic, historiographic, and lexicographic books such as Acting and Character Animation. He received the Award for Outstanding Contribution to Animation Studies, 32nd World Festival of Animated Film - Animafest Zagreb 2022.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Chapter 1 The Golem Anticipates Fantasia. Chapter 2 Mickey
Who? Chapter 3 Puppetoons. Chapter 4 A German Fairy Tale "Disneyfied".
Chapter 5 Herr Hitler and Mister Mouse. Chapter 6 The German Sense of
Humor. Chapter 7 The Dangerous Freedom of a Quarter Jew in Magicland.
Chapter 8 Somersault to Dachau. Chapter 9 The Denazification of German
Trick Film. Chapter 10 Comic Strips in Germany (West and East). Chapter 11
Go East. Chapter 12 Big Tattoo for Little Men. Chapter 13 Bölkstoff for
Preschoolers. Chapter 14 Star Wars Worship. Chapter 15 The Essence of
Animation in Germany. Timetable. Acknowledgments. Bibliography. Name Index.
Title Index.