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Elisabeth Bronfen — The Glue of Melodrama: Douglas Sirk’s Lap Dissolves
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Munich-born cultural scholar Elisabeth Bronfen explores how overlapping images connect private emotions and political life in Douglas Sirk’s melodramas.
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Literary and cultural scholar Elisabeth Bronfen examines the lap dissolve in Douglas Sirk’s films: the transition in which one image gradually overlaps with another. The lecture considers how this cinematic technique links personal sacrifice, family relationships and wider political emotions, revealing connections that run beneath the surface of Sirk’s melodramas.
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Bronfen was born in Munich and completed her doctorate and habilitation at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Her career spans German, Swiss and American academic life: she is Professor Emerita of English and American Studies at the University of Zurich and Global Distinguished Professor at NYU. The German connection is biographical and educational, alongside the lecture’s focus on Sirk.
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Germany — Munich-born scholar, doctorate and habilitation at LMU Munich; longstanding academic work in Switzerland