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University of California Press.
The first part of the book is an adaptation of Film als Kunst, a 1932 essay published originally in German. The thesis of the essay is that "the peculiar virtues of film as art derive from an exploitation of limitations of the medium: the absence of sound, the absence of color, the lack of three-dimensional depth. Silent-film artists made virtues of these necessities and were on their way to devloping a new and distinctive art form" (Quoted from the cover)
The second part of the book is four supplemental essays which discuss the same theme.
The first part of the book is an adaptation of Film als Kunst, a 1932 essay published originally in German. The thesis of the essay is that "the peculiar virtues of film as art derive from an exploitation of limitations of the medium: the absence of sound, the absence of color, the lack of three-dimensional depth. Silent-film artists made virtues of these necessities and were on their way to devloping a new and distinctive art form" (Quoted from the cover)
The second part of the book is four supplemental essays which discuss the same theme.
