{"product_id":"bela-balazs-early-film-theory-visible-man-and-the-spirit-of-film-paperback","title":"Béla Balázs: Early Film Theory: Visible Man and the Spirit of Film - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBéla Balázs\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eErica Carter\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRodney Livingstone\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Béla Balázs's two works, \u003ci\u003eVisible Man\u003c\/i\u003e (1924) and \u003ci\u003eThe Spirit of Film\u003c\/i\u003e (1930), are published here for the first time in full English translation. The essays offer the reader an insight into the work of a film theorist whose German-language publications have been hitherto unavailable to the film studies audience in the English-speaking world. Balázs's detailed analyses of the close-up, the shot and montage are illuminating both as applicable models for film analysis, and as historical documents of his key contribution - alongside such contemporaries as Arnheim, Kracauer and Benjamin - to critical debate on film in the 'golden age' of the Weimar silents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eErica Carter\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of German and Film at King's College, London. Her writings on film include\u003cem\u003e The German Cinema Book \u003c\/em\u003e(co-ed. Tim Bergfelder \u0026amp; Deniz Göktürk, 2002), and\u003cem\u003e Dietrich¹s Ghosts. The Sublime and the Beautiful in Third Reich Film\u003c\/em\u003e (2004).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 314\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.66 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42130004082823,"sku":"9780857453556","price":25.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/cb27031c9306c91dff7929925418d5cc.webp?v=1732607487","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/bela-balazs-early-film-theory-visible-man-and-the-spirit-of-film-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}