Technological reproducibility, art and politics

Authors

  • Marcos Soares

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19177/rcc.v9e12014131-136

Keywords:

Benjamin, Brecht, Cinema, Reproductibility, Fascism

Abstract

This essays intends to map out some of the key moments of the dialogue between German critic Walter Benjamin and playwright Bertolt Brecht on the potential of film as an artistic language and the risks artists seriously interested in the development of cinema ran with the rise of nazi-fascism.

Author Biography

  • Marcos Soares
    Doutor. Professor de Literatura Inglesa e Norte-Americana da Universidade de São Paulo.

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Published

2014-08-12

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 1 (2014)

Section

Articles

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