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From Lukacs to Kracauer and Beyond: Social Film Histories and the German Cinema

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Cinema Journal, 22 (3): 47--70 (1983)

Abstract

In an effort to uncover the assumptions behind sociological analysis of the German cinema, this essay examines Siegfried Kracauer's "From Caligari to Hitler", Paul Monaco's "Cinema and Society", and Julian Petley's "Capital and Culture", arguing that despite its obvious flaws, Kracauer's study remains the most compelling model for subsequent interpretation.

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