New German Cinema was launched in 1962 when a group of young film makers declared a new agenda for German Film in a film festival document called the Oberhausen Manifesto
Films in Germany were in decline and were of low quality and content
Lead by three directors – Werner Herzog, Rainer Michael Fassbinder and Wim Wenders, German cinema began to reflect contemporary issues
Blog Task
Name the Manifesto
Oberhausen Manifesto
Aim of the Manifesto
Time Period
1962 to 1982
Major Film Makers within the Movement
Themes expressed through the films
"Sad and reflective films". These German cinema films often reflected on historical Germany and the present world that they live in. German audiences often shied away from these films at first as they are considered as too 'self conscious'.
What Previous New Wave Movement was an Influence
https://theculturetrip.com/europe/germany/articles/new-german-cinema-children-of-the-manifesto/
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Animation 1986 - 1989
When The Wind Blows (1986 - UK)
An adaption of a Raymond Briggs graphic novel directed by Jimmy MurakamiAbout an old couple who naively follow the governments survival instructions after an nuclear war breaks out
Used photographed model sets for backgrounds
Praised by critics and presents a powerful argument against the nuclear arms race
Brothers Quay
Influenced by Eastern European animation, surrealism and Jan Svankmajer’s work
They create nightmarish stop-motion worlds
Street of Crocodiles (1986) is the Brothers Quay best known work
Sledgehammer
In 1986 the video for Sledgehammer rejuvenated Peter Gabriel’s career
Video is a mixture of pixilation (people-mation) and stop-motion
Directed by Stephen R. Johnson and made by Aardman Animation and Brothers Quay
Became one of the most played videos on MTV and considered one on the best videos ever made
Girls Night Out (1987)
Debut film from Joanna Quinn (UK)
About a woman called Beryl who gets taken to a male strip club by her factory worker friends
Short film won several awards at the Annecy Animation Film Festival
Family Dog (1987)
The first episode, Directed by Brad Bird, was part of Steven Spielburg’s TV series Amazing Stories
Had higher production standards than the low budget, mass produced TV animations of the time
Credited with having a role in the revival of quality animations –
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
The Little Mermaid (1989)
The Simpsons (1990)
Ren & Stimpy (1991)
Wicked City 1987 (Japan)
Directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Wicked City is an influential dark gothic sci-fi thriller that was later released in the West on video where it gained a cult following
Akira (1988) (Japan)
Japanese manga artist Katsuhiro Otomo released the animated version of his epic sci-fi masterpiece Akira in 1988
The film was a huge success and brought anime to a whole new audience and opened up the market in the West for Japanese anime
Akira was reported to be the first Japanese film to use the standard Western technique of recording sound before the picture (normally sound was dubbed over picture)
Prometheus Garden (1988) (USA)
Made by Bruce Bickford, a stop-motion animator who produces stream-of-consciousness worlds
Loosely based on the Greek myth of Prometheus, who created mortals from clay
Breakfast on the Grass (1987)
Priit Parn (from Estonia) became an influential figure in Eastern Europe for his roughly drawn but highly expressive films
Breakfast on the Grass is Priit Barn’s multi award winning short film
Surreal animation where the main characters join at the end to form a Manet painting
Many Ukranian Animators were influenced by Parn’s style and often bought this influence to foreign industries – an example being the US TV series Rugrats
The Hill Farm (1988) (UK)
Made by Mark Baker, the short film is dialogue free and shows the events of three days and how different people use the same hilly countryside
Baker worked on the film alone and it took 3 years to make
The trademark hilly terrain would later feature in Mark Baker and Neville Astley’s worldwide hit Peppa Pig (2005)
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