bErlin noTEbook BRIGITTA B. WAGNER NEW PATHS FOR GERMAN CINEMA If one remembers the Berlin International Film Festivalâs origins in 1950s Cold War propaganda (as an attraction of West Berlin), it is not surprising that this market of cinematic wares now showcases the achievements of the unified Germany. In 2000, the festivalâs headquarters and principal venues relocated to Potsdamer Platz. Just a few blocks south of the Brandenburg Gate, the Holocaust Memorial, and Germanyâs new government district, the Platz lies along the border of the formerly divided city. The flashy, corporate complex celebrates German film culture: from the MarleneDietrich-Platz and the bar Billy Wilderâs, to the German Cinemathèque and the Film and Television Academy. From February 5â15, the Platzâs pedestrian traffic surged as four thousand journalists made their way through throngs of starstruck Berlinersâand past a billboard welcoming Jury President Tilda Swinton, Germanyâs most successful global filmmaker Tom Tykwer, and the festival director Dieter Kosslick to the âPlatz to beââto the morning press screenings. In a year commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, a red staircase placed in the center of the square led to a majestic view of all that had been
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New Paths for German Cinema
Wagner, Brigitta B.
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, Volume 62 (4)
University of California Press – Jun 1, 2009
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