Editorial Princeton
Fecha de edición abril 2019 · Edición nº 1
Idioma inglés
EAN 9780691191348
432 páginas
Libro
encuadernado en tapa blanda
Dimensiones 140 mm x 216 mm
An essential work of the cinematic history of the Weimar Republic by a leading figure of film criticismFirst published in 1947, From Caligari to Hitler remains an undisputed landmark study of the rich cinematic history of the Weimar Republic. Prominent film critic Siegfried Kracauer examines German society from 1921 to 1933, in light of such movies as The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, M, Metropolis, and The Blue Angel.
He explores the connections among film aesthetics, the prevailing psychological state of Germans in the Weimar era, and the evolving social and political reality of the time. Kracauer makes a startling (and still controversial) claim: films as popular art provide insight into the unconscious motivations and fantasies of a nation. With a critical introduction by Leonardo Quaresima which provides context for Kracauer's scholarship and his contributions to film studies, this Princeton Classics edition makes an influential work available to new generations of cinema enthusiasts.
Né en 1889 à Francfort-sur-le-Main, Siegfried Kracauer fut l'une des personnalités marquantes de la vie culturelle sous la République de Weimar. Il quitta l'Allemagne pour la France en 1933, puis émigra en Amérique en 1941. Il y rédigea son ouvrage le plus connu, sur le cinéma expressionniste allemand, De Caligari à Hitler (Une histoire du cinéma allemand, 1919-1933), et poursuivit une uvre de journaliste et d'écrivain jusqu'à sa mort, à New York, le 23 novembre 1966.
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