{"product_id":"the-promise-of-cinema-german-film-theory-1907-1933-volume-49-paperback","title":"The Promise of Cinema: German Film Theory, 1907-1933 Volume 49 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnton Kaes\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eNicholas Baer\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMichael Cowan\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRich in implications for our present era of media change, \u003ci\u003eThe Promise of Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e offers a compelling new vision of film theory. The volume conceives of \"theory\" not as a fixed body of canonical texts, but as a dynamic set of reflections on the very idea of cinema and the possibilities once associated with it. Unearthing more than 275 early-twentieth-century German texts, this ground-breaking documentation leads readers into a world that was striving to assimilate modernity's most powerful new medium. We encounter lesser-known essays by Béla Balázs, Walter Benjamin, and Siegfried Kracauer alongside interventions from the realms of aesthetics, education, industry, politics, science, and technology. The book also features programmatic writings from the Weimar avant-garde and from directors such as Fritz Lang and F.W. Murnau. Nearly all documents appear in English for the first time; each is meticulously introduced and annotated. The most comprehensive collection of German writings on film published to date, \u003ci\u003eThe Promise of Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential resource for students and scholars of film and media, critical theory, and European culture and history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis extraordinary book expands all horizons of cinema. Its utopian vision inspires us to imagine a film art for the twenty-first century.--Alexander Kluge, filmmaker and author of \u003ci\u003eCinema Stories\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A treasure trove of insights and ideas, this book uncovers the excitement cinema generated as the art form of modernity. Film studies may take years to digest the richness this volume contains--and I believe it will never be quite the same afterward.\" --Tom Gunning, author of \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Films\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e of\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Fritz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Lang: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Allegories\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e of\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e V\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eision\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e and\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Opening entirely new pathways to the research and teaching of German film culture, this carefully edited sourcebook reveals the fantastic wealth of early ideas and thoughts on cinema.\"--Gertrud Koch, author of \u003ci\u003eSiegfried\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Kracauer: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e An \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"On page after page, a vibrant debate, previously lost in archives, comes to life again. This book changes our idea of what cinema was and is.\"--Francesco Casetti, author of \u003ci\u003eEye \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eof \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ethe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eCentury: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Film, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Experience, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eModernity\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"An indispensable and revelatory resource for all who are exploring the political and aesthetic genealogy of the media culture we inhabit today.\"--Jonathan Crary, author of \u003ci\u003eSuspensions of Perception: Attention, Spectacle, and Modern Culture\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"This remarkable collection appearing at this historical moment invites us to think about cinema before its first German theorists knew what it might become, just as we wonder what the cinema will become today as it transforms itself all over again.\" --Jane M. Gaines, author of \u003ci\u003eContested Culture: The Image, the Voice, and the Law\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Any form of memory worthy of the term ought to address the future even more than the past. The great strength of this collection lies in its ability to make one century speak to another, thereby evoking the future of film today.\"-- Raymond Bellour, author of \u003ci\u003eBetween-the-Images\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnton Kaes\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of German and Film \u0026amp; Media at the University of California, Berkeley. He has written and edited numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eShell Shock Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Weimar Republic Sourcebook, \u003c\/i\u003e and is coeditor of the Weimar and Now series. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNicholas Baer \u003c\/b\u003eis Visiting Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies and Philosophy at Purchase College, State University of New York. He has published many essays on German cinema, film theory, and the philosophy of history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Cowan\u003c\/b\u003e is Reader in Film Studies at the University of St. Andrews. He is the author of numerous books and collections including, most recently, \u003ci\u003eWalter Ruttmann and the Cinema of Multiplicity: Avant-garde - Advertising - Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 704\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 x 9.9 x 6.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48272059629789,"sku":"9780520219083","price":183.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/viSfYEeWBX9780520219083.webp?v=1785256687","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-promise-of-cinema-german-film-theory-1907-1933-volume-49-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}