Theory of Film

The Redemption of Physical Reality

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by Siegfried Kracauer

Type: Essays
Subject: Theory
Keywords: Siegfried Kracauer, theory, analysis
Publishing date: 1997
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Collection: Princeton Paperbacks
Language: English

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Paperback • 488 pages
5 ¾ x 8 ¼ inches (14.5 x 21 cm)

ISBN-10 ISBN-13

0-691-03704-3
978-0-691-03704-2

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Book Presentation:
Siegfried Kracauer's classic study, originally published in 1960, explores the distinctive qualities of the cinematic medium. The book takes its place alongside works in classical film theory by such figures as Bela Balazs, Rudolf Arnheim, and Andre Bazin, among others, and has met with much critical dispute. In this new edition, Miriam Bratu Hansen, examining the book in the context of Kracauer's extensive film criticism from the 1920s, provides a framework for appreciating the significance of Theory of Film for contemporary film theory.

About the Author:
Siegfried Kracauer (1889-1966) was a German intellectual who wrote extensively on modern culture and everyday life. From 1924 to 1933 he was cultural editor of the Frankfurter Zeitung. He emigrated to the United States in 1941. He is the author of From Caligari to Hitler: A Psychological History of German Film (Princeton), The Mass Ornament: Weimar Essays and History: The Last Things Before the Last.

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