Lasting Remains: The Anesthetizing Gaze in German Postwar Cinema and Photography

The essay analyzes the traumatic dimension of the images of rubble produced by German cinema and photography in the aftermath of the Second World War. Drawing on Sebald’s reflections on the inability of literature to bear witness to the atrocious experience of the bombings endured by millions of Ge...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barbara Grespi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Milano University Press 2015-03-01
Series:Cinéma & Cie
Online Access:https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/cinemaetcie/article/view/16404