"HERR DIREKTOR": BIOGRAPHY AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN SCHINDLER'S LIST

Our essay explores the role of biography and autobiography in Schindler's List. By autobiography, we mean how the film metaphorically tells the story of Steven Spielberg through the story of Oskar Schindler. Spielberg unconsciously invokes autobiography to write biography and history. This invo...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Biography (Honolulu) 2000-12, Vol.23 (1), p.49-70
Hauptverfasser:	MARKS, CLIFFORD J., TORRY, ROBERT
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Analysis Autobiographies Autobiography Biographical films Biographical movies Biographies Biography Children Criticism and interpretation Film criticism Filmmakers Historiography History Holocaust Jewish peoples Literature Motion picture criticism Motion picture directors & producers Motion picture industry Movie directors Movie producers (Persons) Movies Nazism Novels Schindler, Oskar Spielberg, Steven Steven Spielberg U.S.A
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Zusammenfassung:	Our essay explores the role of biography and autobiography in Schindler's List. By autobiography, we mean how the film metaphorically tells the story of Steven Spielberg through the story of Oskar Schindler. Spielberg unconsciously invokes autobiography to write biography and history. This invocation is the palimpsest over which Schindler's List is produced.
ISSN:	0162-4962 1529-1456 1529-1456
DOI:	10.1353/bio.1999.0017