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Vienna/Leipzig : Deutsch-Osterreichischer Verlag , 1924. This is a very good softcover copy of this scarce book signed by the author and dated in the year of publication. Text in German. Light edge-wear to the pictorial blue covers. A small piece missing from the top of the spine. Many pages still uncut, so probably never used. 4to, 9 1/2" high X 6 1/2" wide, 166 pages. A beautiful copy. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Very Good.
Der Sichtbare Mensch oder die Kultur des Films [The Visible Man] (First Edition, inscribed to Leonard Frank) by Balasz, Bela - 1924
by Balasz, Bela
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Der Sichtbare Mensch oder die Kultur des Films [The Visible Man] (First Edition, inscribed to Leonard Frank)
by Balasz, Bela
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Vienna: Deutsch-Osterreichischer Verlag, 1924. First German Edition, preceding all others, this being the hardcover variant published simultaneously with a more common wrappered edition. INSCRIBED by Balazs in German on the half-title page to German expressionist writer Leonhard Frank: "Leonhard Frank / in herlzlicher Freundschaft / Bela Balazs / Berlin / 8.Feb.1927." A rare signature, and a strong association between two of Germany's most well-respected authors.
Balazs' first book on cinema, which basically founded the German "film as a language" theory, which in turn yielded a profound influence on Eisenstein and Pudovkin. In a 1939 essay, he wrote,"the screenplay is an independent and a new form of literature," and championed the role of the screenwriter as the "auteur" of a film.
In the years that would follow Balazs would write the screenplays for G.W. Pabst's "Die Dreigroschenoper (1931), Leni Riefenstahl's "Das Blaue Licht" (which he also co-directed, 1932), and Geza von Radvanyi's "It Happened in Europe" (1947). His early work included the librettos for Bartok's "The Wooden Prince" and Zoltan Kodaly's "Bluebeard's Castle." In 1958, the Bela Balazs Prize was founded as an annual award to recognize achievements in cinematography.
Very Good plus in illustrated, paper-covered boards.
Rossler, Filmfieber, p. 158.
Balazs' first book on cinema, which basically founded the German "film as a language" theory, which in turn yielded a profound influence on Eisenstein and Pudovkin. In a 1939 essay, he wrote,"the screenplay is an independent and a new form of literature," and championed the role of the screenwriter as the "auteur" of a film.
In the years that would follow Balazs would write the screenplays for G.W. Pabst's "Die Dreigroschenoper (1931), Leni Riefenstahl's "Das Blaue Licht" (which he also co-directed, 1932), and Geza von Radvanyi's "It Happened in Europe" (1947). His early work included the librettos for Bartok's "The Wooden Prince" and Zoltan Kodaly's "Bluebeard's Castle." In 1958, the Bela Balazs Prize was founded as an annual award to recognize achievements in cinematography.
Very Good plus in illustrated, paper-covered boards.
Rossler, Filmfieber, p. 158.
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Der Sichtbare Mensch Oder Die Kultur Des Films
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