TY - JOUR
T1 - Physical reality
T2 - The role of the empirical in the film theory of siegfried kracauer, john grierson, André Bazin and Georg lukács
AU - Aitken, Ian
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2007/10
Y1 - 2007/10
N2 - The article explores conceptions of empirical filmic representation in the film theories of Grierson, Bazin, Kracauer and Lukacs. The article begins by exploring the concept of ‘intuitionist cinematic realism’, then turns to Kracauer’s analysis of documentary films by Paul Rotha, and Ruttmann’s Berlin: Symphony of a Great City. Following this, the article looks at Bazin’s analysis of Dreyer’s the Passion of Joan of Arc, and Heyerdahl’s Kon Tiki. The article closes with an exploration of the thought of Georg Lukacs in relation to questions of empirical representation and filmic realism.
AB - The article explores conceptions of empirical filmic representation in the film theories of Grierson, Bazin, Kracauer and Lukacs. The article begins by exploring the concept of ‘intuitionist cinematic realism’, then turns to Kracauer’s analysis of documentary films by Paul Rotha, and Ruttmann’s Berlin: Symphony of a Great City. Following this, the article looks at Bazin’s analysis of Dreyer’s the Passion of Joan of Arc, and Heyerdahl’s Kon Tiki. The article closes with an exploration of the thought of Georg Lukacs in relation to questions of empirical representation and filmic realism.
KW - Bazin
KW - Cinematic realism
KW - Grierson
KW - Intuitionist realism
KW - Kracauer
KW - Lukacs
UR - https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/sdf/2007/00000001/00000002/art00003
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84883653263&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1386/sdf.1.2.105_1
DO - 10.1386/sdf.1.2.105_1
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:84883653263
SN - 1750-3280
VL - 1
SP - 105
EP - 121
JO - Studies in Documentary Film
JF - Studies in Documentary Film
IS - 2
ER -