BRECHT ON FILM AND RADIO
BERTOLT BRECHT translated and edited by Marc
Silberman
This authoritative study presents for the first time
Brecht's essays, articles and commentaries on film and
radio, as well as selections from the many scripts he wrote
for both media. A great experimenter, Brecht was fascinated
by these technologies and the new approaches to a mass
audience which they offered. Brecht on Film and Radio
records his encounters with and theories about cinema
and radio broadcasting, including the story of the famous
'Threepenny lawsuit'. A full editorial commentary also looks
throughout at Brecht's ideas and writings on film and radio
in the context of the works for which he is better
known.
Marc Silberman is the former editor of the Brecht
Yearbook and Professor at the University of Wisconsin,
where he teaches German literature, culture and film
studies.
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