Visible People: Film Culture, Film Spirit

Author: Balázs
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: This book is a collection of the works of the renowned Hungarian film theorist Béla Balázs, "The Visible Man: Film Culture" (1924) and "The Spirit of Film" (1930). The author attempts to systematically elaborate on film aesthetics and sociology from a Marxist perspective, delving deeply into and analyzing various aspects of film imagery, montage, cinematography, sound and music, and film style. He also offers unique insights when comparing silent and sound films, as well as in anticipating color film. As an early work in film aesthetics theory, this book remains highly valuable for research on the history of film development and film theory to this day.