TY - BOOK AU - Kracauer,Siegfried AU - Von Moltke,Johannes AU - Rawson,Kristy AU - Jay,Martin TI - Siegfried Kracauer's American writings: essays on film and popular culture T2 - Weimar and now SN - 0520271823 AV - PN1995 U1 - 791.43 23 PY - 2012///] CY - Berkeley, Los Angeles, London PB - University of California Press KW - Motion pictures KW - Reviews KW - Motion pictures / Reviews KW - Aufsatzsammlung KW - gnd-content N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Between Hollywood and Europe: a cultural critic in New York. Why France liked our films (1942) ; Hollywood's terror films (1946) ; Jean Vigo (1947) ; The revolt against rationality (1947) ; Jewish culture (1947) ; Filming the subconscious (1948) ; Psychiatry for everything and everybody (1948) ; Those movies with a message (1948) ; National types as Hollywood presents them (1949) ; The mirror up to nature (1949) ; Preston Sturges, or laughter betrayed (1950) ; Art today (1961) ; About the state of the humanities ; A statement on the humanistic approach ; Talk with Teddie (1960) ; A critic at large I: film reviews. An American experiment (1941) ; Dumbo (1941) ; Film notes from Hollywood (1941) ; A few American films (1941) ; William Wyler's new Bette Davis film (1941) ; Flaherty, the land (1942) ; For whom the bell tolls (1943) ; Pais? (1948) ; The decent German (1949) ; The eternal Jew (1956) ; A few notes on The connection (1961) ; A critic at large II: book reviews. In Eisenstein's workshop (1943) ; The Russian director (1949) ; The movie colony (1942) ; A lady of valor (1947) ; The Teutonic mind (1948) ; Consciousness, free and spontaneous (1948) ; Indologian holiday (1948) ; Portrait in film (1948) ; Total teaching ; Pictorial deluge (1950) ; Movie mirror (1950) ; Reflexion faite (1952) ; Toward a theory of film. Stage vs. screen acting (1950) ; The photographic approach (1951) ; Silent film comedy (1951) ; The found story and the episode (1956) ; Letter to film 56 (1956) ; Afterword: Kracauer, the magical nominalist; Martin Jay N2 - Between Hollywood and Europe: a cultural critic in New York. Why France liked our films (1942) -- Hollywood's terror films (1946) -- Jean Vigo (1947) -- The revolt against rationality (1947) -- Jewish culture (1947) -- Filming the subconscious (1948) -- Psychiatry for everything and everybody (1948) -- Those movies with a message (1948) -- National types as Hollywood presents them (1949) -- The mirror up to nature (1949) -- Preston Sturges, or laughter betrayed (1950) -- Art today (1961) -- About the state of the humanities -- A statement on the humanistic approach -- Talk with Teddie (1960) -- A critic at large I: film reviews. An American experiment (1941) -- Dumbo (1941) -- Film notes from Hollywood (1941) -- A few American films (1941) -- William Wyler's new Bette Davis film (1941) -- Flaherty, the land (1942) -- For whom the bell tolls (1943) -- Pais? (1948) -- The decent German (1949) -- The eternal Jew (1956) -- A few notes on The connection (1961) -- A critic at large II: book reviews. In Eisenstein's workshop (1943) -- The Russian director (1949) -- The movie colony (1942) -- A lady of valor (1947) -- The Teutonic mind (1948) -- Consciousness, free and spontaneous (1948) -- Indologian holiday (1948) -- Portrait in film (1948) -- Total teaching -- Pictorial deluge (1950) -- Movie mirror (1950) -- Reflexion faite (1952) -- Toward a theory of film. Stage vs. screen acting (1950) -- The photographic approach (1951) -- Silent film comedy (1951) -- The found story and the episode (1956) -- Letter to film 56 (1956) -- Afterword: Kracauer, the magical nominalist / Martin Jay ER -