Filmgegner von Heute - Filmfreunde von Morgen
Berlin: Hermann Reckendorf, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 125 (3)pp. Original bright red cloth with blue lettering on cover and spine, protected by modern mylar. Black endpapers. Publication to coincide with the Werkbund-Exhibition "Film and Foto," 1929. A programatic appeal for new esthetics in film based on technical possibilities, this publication was at the same time a protest against conventional film making of the contemporary industry. An encyclopedia of new techniques, profusely illustrated with b/w reproductions of stills including examples from experimental filmmakers like Pudowkin, Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, Eisenstein, Richter, Léger and others. Text in German. Binding with light wear along edges. Light damp-staining of half-title and white endpaper offsetting lightly to black endpapers. g to vg. Item #39052
Price: $275.00