September 2012| Sight&Sound | 93ADVERTISING FEATURETWIN PEAKS
By Julie Grossman and Will Scheibel,
Wayne State University Press, TV
Milestones Series, 122pp, paperback,
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Twin Peaks takes fans through the
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THE GERMAN CINEMA
BOOK, SECOND EDITION
Edited by Tim Bergfelder, Erica Carter,
Deniz Göktürk and Claudia Sandberg,
British Film Institute, 624pp, paperback,
illustrated, £34.99, ISBN 9781844575305
The new edition of this essential
introduction addresses the whole
history of cinema in Germany,
covering key periods and movements
including early and silent cinema,
Weimar cinema, Nazi cinema, the
New German Cinema, the Berlin
School, the cinema of migration,
and moving images in the digital
era. Contributions by leading
scholars are grouped into sections
focusing on genre; stars; authorship;
film production, distribution and
exhibition; theory and politics,
including women’s and queer cinema;
and transnational connections.
Spotlight articles within each section
offer key case studies, including of
individual films which illuminate
larger histories (Heimat, Downfall,
The Lives of Others, and many more);
stars from Hans Albers to Hanna
Schygulla; directors including F.W.
Murnau, Wim Wenders and Helke
Sander; and film theorists including
Siegfried Kracauer and Béla Balázs.
http://www.bloomsbury.com/BFITHE GHASTLY ONE
The 42nd Street Netherworld
of Director Andy Milligan
By Jimmy McDonough, FAB Press,
332pp, hardcover, illustrated,
£75, ISBN 9781903254998
Nicolas Winding Refn presents
the compelling biography of Andy
Milligan. An actor and director,
Milligan cranked out exploitation
movies on threadbare budgets. Due
to their many limitations, his films
made Milligan a laughing stock.
Author Jimmy McDonough changed
all that by providing context and
pathos, allowing Milligan’s chaotic
yet highly personal body of work to be
seen in a new and sympathetic light.
The Ghastly One studies the history of
New York’s shadowy sexploitation
business and the café culture that
nurtured Off-Off Broadway theatre.
Starring a cast of unforgettable, elusive
characters, the gripping narrative
is told with unflinching honesty.
Finally getting the presentation it
deserves in this lavish production
full of previously unseen images
and memorabilia, The Ghastly One
is by turns hilarious, unsettling
and ultimately heartbreaking.
http://www.fabpress.comTHE ARCHITECTURE
OF CINEMATIC SPACE
By Interiors
By Mehruss Jon Ahi and Armen
Karaoghlanian, Intellect, 96pp, paperback,
£20, ISBN 9781789382051
A highly visual, graphic analysis
of film in terms of architecture,
cinematic spaces and production
design. Architectural floor-plan
drawings are presented alongside
short, critical discussions of key 20th-
and 21st-century films which help the
reader to evaluate architectural spaces
in film and think about the stories
they tell. Including The Cabinet of Dr.
Caligari, Rope, Le Mépris, Playtime, 2001:
A Space Odyssey, Home Alone, Panic
Room, A Single Man, Her and Columbus.
http://www.intellectbooks.com/the-
architecture-of-cinematic-spaces