Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller

Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller
Item #49799 Filmgegner von Heute - Filmfreunde von Morgen. Hans Richter.
Filmgegner von Heute - Filmfreunde von Morgen
Filmgegner von Heute - Filmfreunde von Morgen
Filmgegner von Heute - Filmfreunde von Morgen
Filmgegner von Heute - Filmfreunde von Morgen
Filmgegner von Heute - Filmfreunde von Morgen

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" in Stuttgart, 1929. Programatic appeal for new aesthetics in film based on technical possibilities, this publication was at the same time a protest against conventional film making of the contemporary industry. "The Open Book," pp. 80 & 81.

An encyclopedia of new techniques, profusely illustrated with Richter's b/w reproductions of stills. It includes examples from other experimental filmmakers like Pudowkin, Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, Eisenstein, Léger and others. Published at the same time as Werner Gräff's "Es kommt der neue Fotograph (The New Photographer is Coming)". Werner Gräff contributed to the publication of our title as well. Text in German. Some damp-staining on half-title, verso and title page, plus foredge affected. Very good condition. Item #49799

Price: $350.00

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