Kracauer and his Theory of Film is very important for this outlook on
cinema. Unlike the other great realist André Bazin, Kracauer was not that
much concerned with art cinema or great film artists. The realism Kracauer
was attracted to is a by product of a film's narration, a little detail that
can be found at the frames´ margins and nothing that was intented by the
director. Even a bad film can by chance offer an immediate image of reality.
But he was much more interested in documentary film. Although Kracauer can
be very pathetic, he has a rather humble notion of realism. His reading of
Sternberg's Underworld might be helpful.
I think Cavell echoes this notion of immediacy and realism in The World
Viewed and Cities of Words, in which he describes film as the art where
"everything passes and nothing is lost". He says it is up to us whether we
notice a little detail of a film.
Herbert Schwaab
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