Julia Knight, University of Luton
This book is a must for Wenders fans.
Franz Birgel, Muhlenberg College
It is a sheer joy to follow the logical flow of Grafs arguments
Book Description
The Cinema of Wim Wenders: The Celluloid Highway is a new study of the films of this most prominent of German directors, and penetrates the seductive sounds and images for which he is best known. The book analyses the individual films in the context of a preoccupation central to all of Wenders’ work and writings: why modern cinema – a recording art, solely composed of sounds and images – naturally developed into a primarily narrative medium, a domain traditionally associated with words and sentences? With its emphasis on analysing the films themselves, this book identifies and critically elucidates Wenders’ chief artistic motivation: that the act of seeing can constitute a creative act in its own right.
About the Author
Alexander Graf is a postdoctoral Research Fellow at Edinburgh University, where he lectures in film theory. He has published widely on European directors and contemporary cinema, as well as having worked for several years in independent European film production.
