Light Motives German Popular Film In Perspective

Critics Rarely Associate Popular Film With German Cinema, Despite The International Success Of Such Films As Das Boot (1981), The Never-ending Story (1984), Run, Lola, Run (1998), And Recent German Comedies, All Representing A Rich Body Of Work Outside The Parameters Of High Culture. This Very Success Compels The Authors Of Light Motives To Take An Unprecedented Look At German Popular Film Across The Historical Spectrum And To Challenge The Tendency Among Critics To Divvy Up German Film, Like Germans Themselves, Into The Good And The Bad. Together The Essays Reexamine Popular Film Production Along With Larger Cultural, Historical, And Political Meanings Suggested By The Term Popular.