Promise of Cinema

Anton Kaes is Professor of German and Film & Media at the University of California, Berkeley. He has written and edited numerous books, including Shell Shock Cinema and The Weimar Republic Sourcebook, and is coeditor of the Weimar and Now series. Nicholas Baer is Visiting Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies and Philosophy at Purchase College, State University of New York. He has published many essays on German cinema, film theory, and the philosophy of history. Michael Cowan is Reader in Film Studies at the University of St. Andrews. He is the author of numerous books and collections including, most recently, Walter Ruttmann and the Cinema of Multiplicity: Avant-garde - Advertising - Modernity.

“The Promise of Cinema effectively returns the contemporary reader to this time of limitless possibilities for this new and untested medium. And with that, the reader finds the surprising, delicious frosting on the cupcake of this amazing collection: the editors have sought, through their selection, placement, and contextualization of these various, sometimes disparate entries to build a bridge from the discrete realm of film theory to the ever-expanding arena of media studies. In so doing, the editors have given The Promise of Cinema an expansive life as a firstrate media studies resource.”