Wagner and CinemaJeongwon Joe, Sander L. Gilman The work of Richard Wagner is a continuing source of artistic inspiration and ideological controversy in literature, philosophy, and music, as well as cinema. In Wagner and Cinema, a diverse group of established and emerging scholars examines Wagner's influence on cinema from the silent era to the present. The essays in this collection engage in a critical dialogue with existing studies—extending and renovating current theories related to the topic—and propose unexplored topics and new methodological perspectives. The contributors discuss films ranging from the 1913 biopic of Wagner to Ridley Scott's Gladiator, with essays on silent cinema, film scoring, Wagner in Hollywood, German cinema, and Wagner beyond the soundtrack. |
Contents
Introduction Why Wagner and Cinema? Tolkien Was Wrong | 1 |
Part One Wagner and the Silent Film | 25 |
Narrative Integration and the Development of Silent Film Accompaniment 19081913 | 27 |
2 Underscoring DramaPicturing Music | 46 |
Becce Froelich and Messter | 65 |
4 Listening for Wagner in Fritz Langs Die Nibelungen | 85 |
Part Two Wagnerian Resonance in Film Scoring | 109 |
5 The Resonances of Wagnerian Opera and NineteenthCentury Melodrama in the Film Scores of Max Steiner | 111 |
The New German Cinema and Beyond | 253 |
Wagner and Film | 273 |
Joachim Herzs Der fliegende Holländer 1964 | 294 |
Part Five Wagner beyond the Soundtrack | 313 |
The Cultural Survival of Tristan und Isolde in Hollywood | 315 |
16 Ludwigs Wagner and Viscontis Ludwig | 333 |
Time in Wagner and Viola | 358 |
Wagner BillViola and Tristan | 381 |
6 Wagners Influence on Gender Roles in Early Hollywood Film | 131 |
The Thing from Another World and The Day the Earth Stood Still | 152 |
Part Three Wagner in Hollywood | 165 |
LoveDeath in Humoresque | 167 |
Ridley Scotts Gladiator | 186 |
10 Reading Wagner in Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips 1944 | 210 |
The Ring in Golden Earrings | 225 |
Part Four Wagner in German Cinema | 251 |