The Relationship between Sound and Image in Rainer Werner Fassbinder's "Die Ehe der Maria Braun"

Publisher Marketing: Essay from the year 2012 in the subject German Studies - Miscellaneous, grade: 78, University of Birmingham, course: BA Modern Languages, language: English, comment: This is a terrific piece of work. You show a thorough engagement with a range of secondary literature, and you do not merely reproduce the ideas of others, but build on them and question them and attain an independent synthesis. There is some room for disagreement concerning your conclusions, but the argument is consistently well-founded and thoughtful. [...] This essay is strikingly well written, apart from some very minor problems with semi-colons., abstract: The collision of sound and image in Fassbinder's "Die Ehe der Maria Braun" provides an on-screen representation of the relationship between public and private life in the film. The contrast created by this collision is a distancing technique which encourages the audience to consider the implications of ignoring the political (public) world at the time of the Wirtschaftswunder and in their own time. This essay aims to demonstrate the way in which Fassbinder achieves this through his manipulation of sound and image, specifically examining the open and closing credits, the radio broadcasts of Konrad Adenauer's speeches, Oswald's piano playing and the final radio broadcast concerning the 1954 World Cup. Contributor Bio:  Smith, Laura When their first child was born, Laura started a journal to document doctor's visits and to track other important information such as emergency contacts and allergies. A to Z About Me, The Health and Safety Organizer is an attempt to help others get organized with regard to their children's health history. Laura and Brian Smith live in Raleigh, NC, with their two daughters, Kelsey and Chloe and their cat, Firefly.