Talk:Poetic realism

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Poetic realism was not only a film movement but a general art movement.. --Eleassar my talk 12:39, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

This observation is hard to justify though. German Expressionist paintings can be seen to be visually similar to Expressionist films, most notably 'The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari' (Weine 1920), and so it is reasonable to include Expressionist films as one part of the Expressionist movement. However, Poetic Realism in filmic terms is a thematic rather than visual device; the themes of love, loss, regret and perhaps bitterness rather than any particular visual style are what mark these films out. Arguably this reaches its zenith in 'Les Enfants du Paradis' (Carné 1945). It therefore seems reasonable to separate filmic Poetic Realism from paintings, even if they have the same 'title'. 91.109.90.68 (talk) 17:17, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

That's fine. It would probably make sense to move this article to Poetic Realism (cinema art) (or something similar) and create a disambiguation page. It was done like that in the German Wikipedia (see Poetischer Realismus) --Eleassar my talk 22:56, 18 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Can any of this be referenced/cited? If so, do it.... 140.139.35.250 (talk) 14:49, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Poetical Realism is indeed a period of German literature, Adalbert Stifter has laid the foundations with "Das sanfte Gesetz". --219.110.66.138 (talk) 09:04, 22 December 2009 (UTC)