Hugo Munsterberg on Film

Hugo Münsterberg was a psychologist and author of one of the first works of film theory, The Photoplay. AllanLangdale teaches in the Film Studies and Art History departments at the University of California at Santa Barbara.

"Hugo Munsterberg's work offers a refreshing, provocative clarity that is all too rare among today's film theorizing. It is wonderful to have his Photoplay available once more, along with several articles and Allan Langdale's richly informed introduction. Munsterberg's work reminds us of the movies' irresistable appeal to our mind and senses." -- David Bordwell, University of Wisconsin--Madison"Hugo Munsterberg's work offers a refreshing, provocative clarity that is all too rare among today's film theorizing. It is wonderful to have his Photoplay available once more, along with several articles and Allan Langdale's richly informed introduction. Munsterberg's work reminds us of the movies' irresistible appeal to our mind and senses." -- David Bordwell, University of Wisconsin--Madison

• Editor's Introduction S(t)imulation of Mind: The Film Theory of Hugo Mnsterberg, Allan Langdale The Photoplay: A Psychological Study Introduction 1. The Outer Development of the Moving Pictures 2. The Inner Development of the Moving Pictures Part I: The Psychology of the Photoplay 3. Depth and Movement 4. Attention 5. Memory and Imagination 6. Emotions Part II: The Aesthetics of the Photoplay 7. The Purpose of Art 8. The Means of the Various Arts 9. The Means of the Photoplay 10. The Demands of the Photoplay 11. The Function of the Photoplay Additional Writings and Texts Margaret Münsterberg onThe Photoplay Why We Go to the Movies, Hugo Münsterberg Peril to Childhood in the Movies, Hugo Münsterberg Interview with Hugo Münsterberg Speech on the Paramount Pictographs Index