Overview
ReFocus: The Historical Films of Ernst Lubitsch responds to and reframes the films of German emigre director Ernst Lubitsch as film-philosophical exemplars of both early world cinema and historical cinema, from his silent era costume dramas to his post-war Hollywood romances. This edited collection examines recent Lubitsch scholarship within the context of transcultural and transhistorical film theory to provide a critical retrospective of Lubitsch's costume films, historical epics, and marriage comedies across his three illustrious decades of international success.
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Author: David John Boyd (Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Glasgow)
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Imprint: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 9781399532617
ISBN 10: 1399532618
Pages: 312
Publication Date: 31 January 2025
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Like adjusting the lens on a projector, this volume brings Lubitsch's films into sharper focus, revealing new dimensions. The authors convincingly refocus our vision of Lubitsch's humanizing touch with fresh insights and diverse approaches that illuminate the global impact of his style and demonstrate why his historical films continue to reward close analysis long after their initial flicker.-- ""Mason Kamana Allred, associate professor of communication, media, and culture, Brigham Young University--Hawaii"" This rich, theoretically ambitious volume explores the relationship between history (social and film history) and Lubitsch's films of both the German and the American periods. The emphasis on the tactile in Lubitsch is especially original and promising. The authors collected here bring diverse, multinational perspectives to the volume.-- ""Rick McCormick, Professor Emeritus of German, University of Minnesota""
Like adjusting the lens on a projector, this volume brings Lubitsch’s films into sharper focus, revealing new dimensions. The authors convincingly refocus our vision of Lubitsch’s humanizing touch with fresh insights and diverse approaches that illuminate the global impact of his style and demonstrate why his historical films continue to reward close analysis long after their initial flicker. * Mason Kamana Allred, associate professor of communication, media, and culture, Brigham Young University—Hawaii * This rich, theoretically ambitious volume explores the relationship between history (social and film history) and Lubitsch’s films of both the German and the American periods. The emphasis on the tactile in Lubitsch is especially original and promising. The authors collected here bring diverse, multinational perspectives to the volume. * Rick McCormick, Professor Emeritus of German, University of Minnesota *
Author Information
David John Boyd is a post-doctoral research fellow of the Stirling Maxwell Centre in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures at the University of Glasgow. His research focuses include historical representation in film, film-philosophies of embodiment, and theories of intermediality and adaptation in global visual culture. His recent publications include From Glasgow to Gotham: The Comics Art of Frank Quitely with Julie Briand-Boyd (forthcoming 2025) and Deleuze and Global Animation: Estranged Images (forthcoming 2026).
