Film Societies in Germany and Austria 1910-1933 : : Tracing the Social Life of Cinema / / Michael Cowan.
This study traces the evolution of early film societies in Germany and Austria, from the emergence of mass movie theaters in the 1910s to the turbulent years of the late Weimar Republic. Examining a diverse array of groups, it approaches film societies as formations designed to assimilate and influe...
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| Superior document: | Film Culture in Transition |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press,, [2023] ©2023 |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Film culture in transition
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (274 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Table of Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Introduction : What Was a Film Society? Towards a New Archaeology of Screen Communities
- 1. The Knowledge Community : The Birth of the Film Society from the Spirit of Amateur Science
- 2. The Professional Community : Conceptualizing the Film Industry in the Deutsche Kinotechnische Gesellschaft
- 3. Communities of Love : Cinephilic Film Clubs, Movie Magazines and the Viennese Kinogemeinde
- 4. The Skeptical Community : Left-Wing Film Societies and the Making of the Suspicious Spectator
- Afterword: What’s in an ‘Idea’?
- Bibliography
- Index