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If Carl Hiaasen set one of his novels on a residential stretch of boundary line between British Columbia and Washington, or if Richard Russo's characters had relatives in the Pacific Northwest, the result might be something like Jim Lynch's Border Songs. Continue »

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Theory of Film: The Redemption of Physical Reality

by Siegfried Kracauer

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ISBN13: 9780691037042
ISBN10: 0691037043
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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.

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Kracauer's profound theoretical investigation revealed film as the form that best captured the new modes of experience that characterize modernity. Miriam Hansen's brilliant introduction chronicles the work's genesis and transformation through Kracauer's conversations with Adorno and Benjamin, his flight from the Nazis, and his uneasy assimilation into the Cold-War United States.

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Just as new translations of Kracauer's early works have begun to reveal aspects of his intellectual project previously unavailable to readers of English, this most welcome new edition of Kracauer's magnum opus of media aesthetics will cast a new interpretative light on his later work, thanks especially to Miriam Hansen's highly illuminating introductory essay.

Synopsis:

Siegfried Kracauer's classic study, originally published in 1960, explores the distinctive qualities of the cinematic medium. 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 filmmakers, students, as well as the general reader. 64 photos. 488 pp.
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Table of Contents

Introduction
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1Photography3
2Basic Concepts27
3The Establishment of Physical Existence41
4Inherent Affinities60
5History and Fantasy77
6Remarks on the Actor93
7Dialogue and Sound102
8Music133
9The Spectator157
10Experimental film175
11The Film of Fact193
12The Theatrical Story215
13Interlude: Film and Novel232
14The Found Story and the Episode245
15Matters of Content262
16Film in Our Time285
Notes313
Bibliography339
Index351

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ISBN:
9780691037042
Subtitle:
The Redemption of Physical Reality
Author:
Kracauer, Siegfried
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Location:
Princeton, N.J. :
Subject:
Film - General
Subject:
Film - History & Criticism
Subject:
Motion pictures
Subject:
Film & Video - History & Criticism
Subject:
Art and architecture
Subject:
Film Studies
Subject:
Comparative Literature
Copyright:
1997
Edition Number:
Princeton pbk. ed.
Edition Description:
Trade paper
Publication Date:
November 1997
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
College/higher education:
Language:
English
Illustrations:
64 halftones
Pages:
488
Dimensions:
8 x 5 in 18 oz
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