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NABOKOV NOIR NABOKOV NOIR NABOKOV NOIR CINEMATIC CULTURE AND THE ART OF EXILE Luke Parker CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS Ithaca and London Copyright © 2022 by Cornell University All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in a review, this book, or parts thereof, must not be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher. For information, address Cornell University Press, Sage House, 512 East State Street, Ithaca, New York 14850. Visit our website at cornellpress . cornell . edu. First published 2022 by Cornell University Press Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Names: Parker, Luke, 1986– author. Title: Nabokov noir : cinematic culture and the art of exile / Luke Parker. Description: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2022. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2022006274 (print) | LCCN 2022006275 (ebook) | ISBN 9781501766527 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781501766787 (pdf) | ISBN 9781501766596 (epub) Subjects: LCSH: Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899–1977—Criticism and interpretation. | Motion pictures and literature. | Literature and transnationalism. | Motion pictures and transnationalism. Classification: LCC PG3476.N3 Z817 2022 (print) | LCC PG3476.N3 (ebook) | DDC 891.73/42— dc23 / eng/20220611 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022006274 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov /2022006275 Cover photograph: Berlin bei Nacht, photograph of the Capitol am Zoo (1927). Courtesy of the Deutsche Kinemathek–Museum für Film und Fernsehen. For Lauren To be an exiled writer is like being a dog or a man hurtled into outer space in a capsule (more like a dog, of course, than a man, because they w ill never retrieve you). — Joseph Brodsky, “The Condition We Call Exile” Contents Acknowl edgments ix Note on Transliteration and Translation xiii Introduction: The Cinematic Commonplace 1 1. The Weimar Picture Palace: From Film to Cinema in Berlin Exile (1925–1928) 30 2. The Man from the Movie Kingdom: Cinema Debates and Culture Theory (1925–1930) 69 3. A Cinematic Genius: Camera Obscura and the Eu ro pean Culture Industry (1931–1936) 99 4. Amer i ca Obscura: Laughter in the Dark (1933–1940) 139 Coda: The Old Eu rope Picture Palace 170 Appendix: Georgy Gessen’s Film Reviews for Rul’ (1924–1931) 187 Notes 195 Bibliography 241 Index 255
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