The Films of Joseph Von Sternberg Optical Illusions that respond directly to the

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Lavishly illustrated essays by esteemed scholars and artists—including Erika Balsom

Jenny Harris

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The Films of Joseph Von Sternberg Optical Illusions that respond directly to theJosef van Sternbergs career and reputation from 1925 to the present are critically estimated in the first comprehensive survey of all the directors eighteen films. The extensive notes on each of the film provide incisive analyses of the elements that gravitated Sternberg's individual artistic concepts from his first films and his glittering association with Marlene Dietrich in seven films to his later work. 56 pp.; 27 illus. Published in 1966 and