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James Cleverley

James Cleverley

James Cleverley lives and works in Naarm/Melbourne, teaching in the German Program at The University of Melbourne, having obtained his doctorate in 2019. James’s research specialises on questions of cultural memory and embodiment in film, with a particular interest in representations of East Germany.

‘A Stasi Comedy: The absurdity of life under the Stasi’ by James Cleverley

ABR Arts 27 May 2022
‘A Stasi Comedy: The absurdity of life under the Stasi’ by James Cleverley
A Stasi Comedy bundles its explorations of truth, desire, morality, and freedom into an exuberant coming-of-age story. In Melbourne, the Palace Cinema Como was humming in anticipation at the opening night of the German Film Festival. Christoph Mücher, director of the Goethe Institut, invited us to celebrate the joy of a shared film experience; we raised our glasses and toasted our fellow-cinemago ... (read more)