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New Objectivity (a translation of the German ''Neue Sachlichkeit'', alternatively translated as "New Sobriety" or "New matter-of-factness") was an art movement that emerged in Germany in the early 1920s as a counter to expressionism. The term applies to a number of artistic forms, including film. In film, New Objectivity reached its high point around 1929.〔Film Front Weimar: Representations of the First World War in German Films of ...by Bernadette Kester, page 123〕 It translated into realistic cinematic settings, straightforward camerawork and editing, a tendency to examine inanimate objects as a way to interpret characters and events, a lack of overt emotionalism, and social themes. The director most associated with the movement is Georg Wilhelm Pabst. Pabst's films of the 1920s concentrate on subjects such as abortion, prostitution, labor disputes, homosexuality, and addiction. His cool and critical 1925 ''Joyless Street'' is a landmark of the objective style.〔Weimar Cinema: An Essential Guide to Classic Films of the Era, edited by Noah William Isenberg, page 140〕 Pabst's 1930 pacifist sound film ''Westfront 1918'' views the World War I experience in a bleak, matter-of-fact way.〔Film Front Weimar: Representations of the First World War in German Films of ...by Bernadette Kester, page 123〕 With its clear denunciation of war, it was soon banned as unsuitable for public viewing. Other directors in the style included Ernő Metzner, Berthold Viertel,〔The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918-1945, by Klaus Kreimeier, page 113〕 and Gerhard Lamprecht. The movement ended essentially in 1933 with the fall of the Weimar Republic. == Films == Films with New Objectivity themes and visual style include: * ''Joyless Street'', 1925 * ''Secrets of a Soul'', 1926 * ''The Love of Jeanne Ney'', 1927 * ''Police Report: Hold-Up'', short subject, 1928 * ''Adventures of a Ten-Mark Note'', 1928 * ''People on Sunday'', 1930 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「New Objectivity (film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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