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The Relationship between Sound and Image in Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s "Die Ehe der Maria Braun"

Name: The Relationship between Sound and Image in Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s "Die Ehe der Maria Braun"
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Author: Laura Smith
ISBN: 978-3-656-93727-2

Essay, 2012

7 Pages, Grade: 78

Laura Smith (Author)

Abstract or Introduction

The collision of sound and image in Fassbinder’s "Die Ehe der Maria Braun" provides an on-screen representation of the relationship between public and private life in the film. The contrast created by this collision is a distancing technique which encourages the audience to consider the implications of ignoring the political (public) world at the time of the Wirtschaftswunder and in their own time. This essay aims to demonstrate the way in which Fassbinder achieves this through his manipulation of sound and image, specifically examining the open and closing credits, the radio broadcasts of Konrad Adenauer’s speeches, Oswald’s piano playing and the final radio broadcast concerning the 1954 World Cup.

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Title: The Relationship between Sound and Image in Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s "Die Ehe der Maria Braun"
College: University of Birmingham
Course: BA Modern Languages
Grade: 78
Author: Laura Smith (Author)
Year: 2012
Pages: 7
Catalog Number: V295713
ISBN (eBook): 9783656937265
ISBN (Book): 9783656937272
File size: 515 KB
Language: English
Notes: This is a terrific piece of work. You show a thorough engagement with a range of secondary literature, and you do not merely reproduce the ideas of others, but build on them and question them and attain an independent synthesis. There is some room for disagreement concerning your conclusions, but the argument is consistently well-founded and thoughtful. [...] This essay is strikingly well written, apart from some very minor problems with semi-colons.
Keywords: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German Cinema, Die Ehe der Maria Braun, The Marriage of Maria Braun

Quote paper: Laura Smith (Author), 2012, The Relationship between Sound and Image in Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s "Die Ehe der Maria Braun", Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/295713

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