Author : Siegfried Kracauer
Release : 2019-04-02
Genre : Performing Arts
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From Caligari to Hitler - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook From Caligari to Hitler write by Siegfried Kracauer. This book was released on 2019-04-02. From Caligari to Hitler available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An essential work of the cinematic history of the Weimar Republic by a leading figure of film criticism 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.