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Theory of film : the redemption of physical reality

Title
Theory of film : the redemption of physical reality / Siegfried Kracauer.
Author
Kracauer, Siegfried, 1889-1966.
Publication
New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 1960.

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Description
364 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
Kracauer's profound theoretical investigation revealed film as the form that best captured the new modes of experience that characterize modernity.
Alternative Title
Film
Subject
  • Motion pictures
  • 24.31 theory and aesthetics of film art
  • Filmtheorie
Genre/Form
  • Motion pictures.
  • Films.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographies.
Contents
Photography -- Basic concepts -- The establishment of physical existence -- Inherent affinities -- History and fantasy -- Remarks on the actor -- Dialogue and sound -- Music -- The spectator -- Experimental films -- The film of fact -- The theatrical story -- Interlude: film and novel -- The found story and the episode -- Matters of content -- Film in our time.
LCCN
60013209
OCLC
  • ocm00330249
  • 330249
  • SCSB-1251557
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library