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- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Copyright
- © Edinburgh University Press
- Subject
- Articles; Film, Media and Cultural Studies
- ISSN
- 2042-8855
- eISSN
- 2042-8863
- DOI
- 10.3366/sound.2014.0051
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
In 1931 Gerhard Lamprecht directed the film version of Erich Kastner's popular novel Emil und die Detektive. A hugely successful film at the time, it was aimed to appeal to adults and children alike. This article is going to explore the film's varying aesthetic approaches in terms of its use of sound and music. A discussion of the fact that the film has been apparently overlooked in film textbooks, particularly with regard to its use of sound, will be attempted. A number of different factors with regard to the optical sound process (sync and post-sync) will be considered, along with a discussion of what are widely understood as technological determinants at the time of the film's release. KEYWORDS early sound film German cinema Lamprecht ¨ Kastner It is often the case that works of popular literature struggle to convince when adapted to the film form; audiences and critics frequently believe the film version less successful than the original work. Once a reader has constructed the narrative world of a novel in their mind's eye, has imagined what characters look and sound like, has developed a picture of a landscape or constructed particular architecture in line with the text,
Journal
The New Soundtrack – Edinburgh University Press
Published: Mar 1, 2014