Carl Theodor Dreyer's Gertrud: The Moving Word
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If there is one film in the canon of Carl Theodor Dreyer that can be said to be, as Jacques Lacan might put it, his most "painfully enjoyable," it is Gertrud. The film's Paris premier in 1964 was covered by the Danish press as a national scandal; it was lambasted on its release for its lugubrious pace, wooden acting, and old-fashioned, stuffy milieu. Only later, when a younger generation of critics came to its defense, did the method in what appeared...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0295988541
ISBN13:9780295988542
Release Date:August 2008
Publisher:University of Washington Press
Length:128 Pages
Weight:0.50 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 7.0" x 9.0"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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