Outwitting Censorship

This book introduces stylistic paradigms, cinematic techniques and narrative strategies of Weimar Queer Cinema. Through the aspects: from silent films to talkies, from the censorship-free status to the dominance of film censorship, from films with inter-titles to films without inter-titles and so on, this paper analyzes Weimar gay, lesbian and horror films as well as the films directed by F. W. Murnau. Furthermore, this paper illustrates how the paradigms, techniques and strategies of Weimar Queer Cinema were transformed to outwit Weimar censorship, to inherit the mission of the Weimar queer social movement, to fight against German conservative power s political, juridical, and religious oppressions over the homosexuals, and to create a new artistic peak of Weimar Cinema.

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Yuan-Tsai Chen, Master of Art, Dept of English, National Central University, Taiwan. The Prizewinner of Phi Tau Phi Award 2012 & The Honorary Member of Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society of the Republic of China, the Award and Scholarship of NCU Postgraduate Research Excellence 2012, and the National Award for College Elites in Taiwan 2011.