Peter Kramer

Combining a detailed film analysis with archival research and social science approaches, this book examines how American Graffiti (1973), a low-budget and star-less teen comedy by a filmmaker whose only previous feature had been a box office flop, became one of the highest grossing and most highly acclaimed films of all time in the United States, and one of the key expressions of the nostalgia wave washing over the country in the 1970s.American Graffiti: George Lucas, the New Hollywood and the Baby Boom Generation explores the origins and development of the film, its form and themes as well as its marketing, reception, audiences and impact. It does so by considering the life and career of the film’s co-writer and director George Lucas; the development and impact of the baby boom generation to which he, many of his collaborators and the vast majority of the film’s audience belonged; the transformation of the American film industry in the late 1960s and 1970s; and broader changes in American society which gave rise to an intense sense of crisis and growing pessimism across the population.This book is ideal for students, scholars and those with an interest in youth cinema, the New Hollywood and George Lucas as well as both Film and American Studies more broadly.

Kort efter den danske befrielse 4. maj 1945 blev prinsesse Helena på kongens ordre tvangsforvist fra Danmark som den første dansker i næsten 175 år. Hun var gift med kong Christian 10.’s lillebror, prins Harald, og kendt nazist. Det var et dramatisk øjeblik i det danske kongehus, som med udvisningen håbede at kunne lukke et smerteligt kapitel i familiens historie. Begivenheden er udgangspunkt for Peter Kramers fortælling om det danske kongehus forbindelser til Hitlers Tyskland, og han undersøger spørgsmålet, om Helena mon i virkeligheden blev smidt under bussen for at dække over et kongehus, der på trods af advarsler om kz-lejre og politisk forfølgelse af jøder i 1930’ernes Tyskland, selv havde tætte forbindelser til det nazistiske rige. Peter Kramer fortæller levende historierne om bl.a. kong Christian 10.’s hyppige besøg hos Hitler, danske prinsesser, der blev gift ind i den nazistiske adel, og kronprinseparret Ingrid og Frederiks dage som Görings æresgæster og deres deltagelse i festspillene i Bayreuth. Kongehuset blev fulgt af prominente dele af dansk kulturliv, militær og erhvervsliv, der helt op til krigens realitet rejste flittigt til Tyskland. Store dele af den historie har aldrig været fortalt, fordi den er gemt af vejen i mørklagte arkiver. Arkiver Kramer nu har åbnet.

Combining a detailed film analysis with archival research and social science approaches, this book examines how American Graffiti (1973), a low-budget and star-less teen comedy by a filmmaker whose only previous feature had been a box office flop, became one of the highest grossing and most highly acclaimed films of all time in the United States, and one of the key expressions of the nostalgia wave washing over the country in the 1970s.American Graffiti: George Lucas, the New Hollywood and the Baby Boom Generation explores the origins and development of the film, its form and themes as well as its marketing, reception, audiences and impact. It does so by considering the life and career of the film’s co-writer and director George Lucas; the development and impact of the baby boom generation to which he, many of his collaborators and the vast majority of the film’s audience belonged; the transformation of the American film industry in the late 1960s and 1970s; and broader changes in American society which gave rise to an intense sense of crisis and growing pessimism across the population.This book is ideal for students, scholars and those with an interest in youth cinema, the New Hollywood and George Lucas as well as both Film and American Studies more broadly.

Herr von Stein und die Dualit t des Menschen. Eine fiktionale Autobiografie, die uns verschiedene Grenzen zwischen den Welten nahe bringt und in vielen Geschichten etwas nahes, weites oder ganz fernes erz hlt.

Herr von Stein und die Dualit t des Menschen. Eine fiktionale Autobiografie, die uns verschiedene Grenzen zwischen den Welten nahe bringt und in vielen Geschichten etwas nahes, weites oder ganz fernes erz hlt.

This essential review of knife- and axe-throwing basics presents and analyzes the best throwing knives and axes on the current market, different throwing techniques, the basics of competition rules, legal issues to understand, and the general care of throwing knives and axes. The budding knife and axe thrower will also receive valuable tips for getting started in throwing and how to prepare physically and mentally for training, as well as your first competition.

Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) is widely regarded as one of the best films ever made. It has been celebrated for its beauty and mystery, its realistic depiction of space travel and dazzling display of visual effects, the breathtaking scope of its story, which reaches across millions of years, and the thought-provoking depth of its meditation on evolution, technology and humanity's encounters with the unknown. 2001 has been described as the most expensive avant-garde movie ever made and as a psychedelic trip, a unique expression of the spirit of the 1960s and as a timeless masterpiece. Peter Krämer's insightful study explores 2001's complex origins, the unique shape it took and the extraordinary impact it made on contemporary audiences, drawing on new research in the Stanley Kubrick Archive to challenges many of the widely-held assumptions about the film. This edition includes a new afterword by the author.

8 Typen 8 Charaktere 8 Geschichten In einer Welt, da wo jeder etwas besonderes sein m chte.

8 Typen 8 Charaktere 8 Geschichten In einer Welt, da wo jeder etwas besonderes sein m chte.

Offering a fresh perspective on The General, arguably one of the most successful American films of the silent era, this insightful text analyses its initial critical reception and the thematic and stylistic characteristics of the film that made it difficult for critics to appreciate at the time, but led to its celebration by later generations.

Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) has long been recognised as one of the key artistic expressions of the nuclear age. Made at a time when nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union was a real possibility, the film is menacing, exhilarating, thrilling, insightful and very funny.Combining a scene-by-scene analysis of Dr. Strangelove with new research in the Stanley Kubrick Archive, Peter Krämer's study foregrounds the connections the film establishes between the Cold War and World War II, and between sixties America and Nazi Germany. How did the film come to be named after a character who only appears in it very briefly? Why does he turn out to be a Nazi? And how are his ideas for post-apocalyptic survival in mineshafts connected to the sexual fantasies of the military men who destroy life on the surface of the Earth?This special edition features original cover artwork by Marian Bantjes.

Drawing on new research in the Stanley Kubrick Archive at the University of the Arts London, Krämer's study explores the production, marketing and reception as well as the themes and style of A Clockwork Orange against the backdrop of Kubrick's previous work and of wider developments in cinema, culture and society from the 1950s to the early 1970s.

On December 8, 1967 Time magazine put Bonnie and Clyde on its cover and announced, "The New Cinema: Violence ... Sex ... Art." The following decade has long been celebrated as a golden age in American film history. In this innovative study, Peter Kr mer offers a systematic discussion of the biggest hits of the period (including The Graduate 1967], The Exorcist 1973] and Jaws 1975]). He relates the distinctive features of these hits to changes in the film industry, in its audiences and in American society at large.

Vor dem Hintergrund der Diskussion um eine Vereinheitlichung und Deregulierung des gesamten Gewerberechts untersucht der Verfasser, inwieweit der Gewerbeordnung ein einheitlicher Rechtsgedanke zum Schutz des Kundenvermogens zugrundeliegt und welche Konsequenzen sich hieraus ergeben. Ein Gesetzesvorschlag fur den Allgemeinen Teil eines Gewerbegesetzbuches greift die erzielten Ergebnisse auf und versucht, Perspektiven einer Novellierung des Gewerberechts aufzuzeigen."

Die beiden Dramen Ibsens lassen sich - obgleich konzeptionell andersartig gestaltet - auf dieselbe Intention des Autors zuruckfuhren: mit literarischen Mitteln gesellschaftserzieherisch und personlichkeitsbildend zu wirken. Steht im -Volksfeind- noch die positive Personlichkeit Dr. Stockmanns an zentraler Stelle, so verlagert sich in der -Wildente- das Schwergewicht auf die Extremcharaktere Gregers und Relling. In diesem personellen Kontext entwickelt Ibsen die Schicksale von Hjalmar und Hedwig als den zwei grundlegenden Moglichkeiten des Menschen, im Spannungsfeld zwischen den Polen Wahrheit und Luge sich selbst zu realisieren."