Lubitsch Can't Wait
A Theoretical Examination
by Ivana Novak, Mladen Dolar, Jela Krečič, Mladen Dolar, Jela Krečič, Aaron Schuste, Russell Grigg, Tatjana Jukic, Elisabeth Bronfen, Gregor Moder, Alenka Zupančič, Slavoj Žižek
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Ernst Lubitsch, the great author of Hollywood comedy and pioneer of such genres as thesophisticated romantic comedy, the musical, and the screwball comedy, is a relatively overlooked figure in mainstream film theory. In this collection, renowned world thinkers and philosophers position Lubitsch as the premium director of subversive cinema, reflecting on his attitude toward love, sexuality, politics...
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