Theory of Film:
The Redemption of Physical Reality
Siegfried Kracauer

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

	Introduction
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
	Introduction
1	Photography	3
2	Basic Concepts	27
3	The Establishment of Physical Existence	41
4	Inherent Affinities	60
5	History and Fantasy	77
6	Remarks on the Actor	93
7	Dialogue and Sound	102
8	Music	133
9	The Spectator	157
10	Experimental film	175
11	The Film of Fact	193
12	The Theatrical Story	215
13	Interlude: Film and Novel	232
14	The Found Story and the Episode	245
15	Matters of Content	262
16	Film in Our Time	285
	Notes	313
	Bibliography	339
	Index	351

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