The Viewers’ Choice: On the Film Preferences of Cinemagoers in the GDR, 1949-1990

观众的选择：1949-1990 年东德电影观众的电影偏好

• 批准号: 450004052
• 负责人: Professor Dr. Joseph Garncarz
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Institut für Medienkultur und Theater
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 资助国家: 德国
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/450004052?language=en
• 关键词: Viewers; Choice; Film; Preferences; Cinemagoers

A study of popular taste embodied in films can help us to better understand German culture and society. The aim of the research project is to work out the film preferences of cinemagoers in the GDR between 1949 and 1990. To this end, the project will determine how successful all of the approximately 5,000 films shown in cinemas in the GDR were with East German cinemagoers, who bought a total of 5.7 billion tickets at the box office. The success of the films will be documented in the form of 40 annual film success rankings based on a representative sample using the POPSTAT method developed by Sedgwick (2000) and further developed by Garncarz (2020). The GDR film success rankings will be compared with those of the Federal Republic of Germany in the same period, which Garncarz (2013) has already collected, evaluated and published. An explorative preliminary study on the basis of available, selective success data show that the film preferences of East and West German cinema audiences were initially similar before diverging and then converging again. Thus, socio-politically relevant insights into the preferences and mentalities of GDR citizens (and their change) can be expected through this study, in addition to detailed preference findings.Garncarz, Joseph (2013): Hollywood in Deutschland: Zur Internationalisierung der Kinokultur, 1925-1990. Frankfurt am Main und Basel.Garncarz, Joseph (2020): Begeisterte Zuschauer: Über die Filmpräferenzen der Deutschen in der NS-Zeit. Köln: Herbert von Halem Verlag (forthcoming).Sedgwick, John (2000): Popular Filmgoing in 1930s Britain: A Choice of Pleasures. Exeter: University of Exeter Press.

对电影中体现的大众品味的研究可以帮助我们更好地了解德国文化和社会。该研究项目的目的是了解 1949 年至 1990 年间东德电影观众的电影偏好。为此，该项目将确定。东德电影院放映的大约 5,000 部电影在东德电影观众中取得了怎样的成功，他们总共购买了 57 亿张票房电影的成功将被记录在表格中。根据 Sedgwick（2000 年）开发并由 Garncarz（2020 年）进一步开发的 POPSTAT 方法，对 40 部年度电影成功排名进行排名。东德电影成功排名将与同期德意志联邦共和国的电影成功排名进行比较。 Garncarz（2013）已经根据现有的、选择性的成功数据收集、评估并发表了一项探索性初步研究，表明东德和西德电影观众的电影偏好最初是这样的。因此，除了详细的偏好调查结果之外，还可以通过这项研究对东德公民的偏好和心态（及其变化）进行社会政治相关的洞察。Garncarz, Joseph (2013)：好莱坞德国：《Zur Internationalisierung der Kinokultur》，1925-1990 年，约瑟夫·加恩卡兹 (Frankfurt am Main und Basel)（2020 年）：科隆：Herbert von Halem Verlag（即将出版）。Sedgwick, John（2000 年）：《20 世纪 30 年代英国的流行电影：一种快乐的选择》：埃克塞特大学出版社。