It is often said that the New German Cinema was a profoundly "national" cinema. In your essay, you...

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It is often said that the New German Cinema was a profoundly "national" cinema. In your essay, you should try to support this view a) with reference to the administrative and financial structure of West Germany's film industry and b) with reference to the thematic focus of Rainer-Werner Fassbinder'sThe Marriage of Maria Braun.

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Title: New German Cinema
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National Cinema in Germany	3
New German Cinema	3
The Marriage of Mario Braun of Fassbinder	5
Works Cited	6
National Cinema in Germany
The New German Cinema was that particular period of German cinema from 1962 to 1982 that give rise to new generation of directors that influence the new wave of French and Italian new realism. This was in particular a reaction towards the economic stagnation of German cinema that enabled the directors to work in low budgets and was influenced by the growth of a number of small motion pictures. This was the beginning of the movement that focused on examining the German is an assimilated past and had a very little commercial success outside Germany yet it was found to be internationally influential. This comprised of filmmakers such as Rainer Werner Fassbinder who were characterised by, their rejection of the traditional film making techniques and style. This particular generation of filmmakers in Germany focused on the realism and social issues which was not cohesively depicted by the filmmakers of Germany in the previous generation.  
New German Cinema
The expressionist film had focused on the aspects of visceral realism that conveyed the particular dimensions of alienation and anxiety. It also focuses on the incorporation of political themes in their work and it emerged as a kind of Movement in the German film industry. The film that was produced where more mainstream in nature and receive a better commercial reception then the films that were made in the previous generation.

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