Cinematography in the Weimar Republic: Lola Lola, Dirty Singles, and the Men Who Shot Them - Paperbackby Paul Matthew St Pierre (Author) Cinematography in the Weimar Republic argues that the new medium of film was preeminent among the avant garde art forms that distinguished the cultural renaissance of the Weimar Republic and that within this progressive medium cinematographers were the leading purveyors of the new kinetic visual imaginary. Author Biography Paul Matthew St. Pierre is professor of English at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver. Number