Selected Film Criticism, 1923-1931
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4070758 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Johannes Von Moltke (0000-0001-8282-3710, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 73-91 |
| Publication date | 2020-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New German Critique (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-033X • E-ISSN: 1558-1462 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/0094033x-8607605 |
| OpenAlex | W3103334246 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
Ten film reviews by Siegfried Kracauer from the 1920s and early 1930s are translated here for the first time, with a brief introduction by the translator. Leaving aside reviews that have already been translated elsewhere, and focusing almost exclusively on the silent period, the present selection was guided by two considerations. First, it includes reviews of several films that have entered the canon of world cinema (The Last Laugh, The Blue Angel, The Man with the Movie Camera, Girls in Uniform). Second, it reflects Kracauer's attraction, particularly during the early 1920s, to American slapstick
Aesthetics · American film · Art · Art history · Aside · Canon · Criticism · Literature · Movie theater · Period (music) · Cinema and Media Studies · European history and politics · History · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society
| Citations per year | 0.04 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1998 - 1998 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |