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From Caligari to Hitler : a psychological history of the German film / by Siegfried Kracauer ; edited and introduced by Leonardo Quaresima.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2004Edition: Rev. and expanded edDescription: lii, 348 páginas: ilustraciones; 24 cmContent type:
  • texto
Media type:
  • sin mediación
Carrier type:
  • volumen
ISBN:
  • 9780691191348
  • 0691115192
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PN1993.5.G3 K7 2004
Contents:
pt. 1: The archaic period (1895-1918) -- Peace and war -- Forebodings -- Genesis of Ufa -- pt. 2: The postwar period (1918-1924) -- The shock of freedom -- Caligari -- Procession of tyrants -- Destiny -- Mute chaos -- Crucial dilemma -- From rebellion to submission -- pt. 3: The stabilized period (1924-1929) -- Decline -- Frozen ground -- The prostitute and the adolescent -- The new realism -- Montage -- Brief reveille -- pt. 4: The pre-Hitler Period (1930-1933) -- Songs and illusions -- Murderer among us -- Timid heresies -- For a better world -- National epic -- Supplement: propaganda and the Nazi war film -- Nazi views and measures -- Film devices -- The swastika world -- Screen dramaturgy -- Conflict with reality.
Summary: "First 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" -- tomado de la página del editor
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pt. 1: The archaic period (1895-1918) -- Peace and war -- Forebodings -- Genesis of Ufa -- pt. 2: The postwar period (1918-1924) -- The shock of freedom -- Caligari -- Procession of tyrants -- Destiny -- Mute chaos -- Crucial dilemma -- From rebellion to submission -- pt. 3: The stabilized period (1924-1929) -- Decline -- Frozen ground -- The prostitute and the adolescent -- The new realism -- Montage -- Brief reveille -- pt. 4: The pre-Hitler Period (1930-1933) -- Songs and illusions -- Murderer among us -- Timid heresies -- For a better world -- National epic -- Supplement: propaganda and the Nazi war film -- Nazi views and measures -- Film devices -- The swastika world -- Screen dramaturgy -- Conflict with reality.

"First 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" -- tomado de la página del editor

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