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Cinema and Experience

Siegfried Kracauer, Walter Benjamin, and Theodor W. Adorno

Miriam Hansen author Edward Dimendberg editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:University of California Press

Published:21st Oct '11

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Siegfried Kracauer, Walter Benjamin, and Theodor W. Adorno - affiliated through friendship, professional ties, and argument - developed an astute philosophical critique of modernity in which technological media played a key role. This book explores in depth their reflections on cinema and photography from the Weimar period up to the 1960s. Miriam Bratu Hansen brings to life an impressive archive of known and, in the case of Kracauer, less known materials and reveals surprising perspectives on canonic texts, including Benjamin's artwork essay. Her lucid analysis extrapolates from these writings the contours of a theory of cinema and experience that speaks to questions being posed anew as moving image culture evolves in response to digital technology.

"This magisterial book is a gift... There is no other study like it." Artforum [Hansen's] reader is amply rewarded by the rich suggestiveness and expansive quality of her insights... A crowning achievement." Bookforum "Cinema and Experience aptly fuses historiography and theory." Cineaste "A crowning achievement in its own right." -- Noah Isenberg Bookforum "Cinema and Experience aptly fuses historiography and theory." -- Roy Grundmann Cineaste

ISBN: 9780520265592

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 28mm

Weight: 726g

408 pages