THE AESTHETICS OF VIOLENCE AND POWER IN ULI EDEL’S DER BAADER MEINHOF KOMPLEX

Authors

  • Noah Soltau

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17742/IMAGE.TGVC.5-2.3

Abstract

The confluence of art, politics, and aesthetics has a troubled and troubling history, and the article reflects on that by examining the aesthetics of Uli Edel’s filmDer Baader Meinhof Komplex in terms of its use of iconic historical and—in terms of film history—stereotypical images. The absence of conventional narrative structures in the film opens it up to methods of understanding and critique that use image and montage as a means of analysis, rather than examining a cogent (because absent) narrative. By cataloguing the use of different genre conventions and iconic film images and tropes, the article points toward the development of a “terror(ism)” genre.

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Published

2014-10-03

How to Cite

Soltau, N. (2014). THE AESTHETICS OF VIOLENCE AND POWER IN ULI EDEL’S DER BAADER MEINHOF KOMPLEX. Imaginations: Journal of Cross-Cultural Image Studies, 5(2), 29–45. https://doi.org/10.17742/IMAGE.TGVC.5-2.3

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 2 (2014): Terrorism and its Legacy in German Visual Culture

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Articles

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