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Béla Balázs : Early Film Theory : Visible Man and The Spirit of Film

The translation arose out of Carter's research on 1930s film theory for her previous monograph, 'Dietrich's Ghosts'. Carter approached Berghahn to publish the translation, and raised ca. £5000 in translation funds from the AHRC, the Kraszna-Krausz Foundation, and Screen. She commissioned the translation from Prof Livingstone, worked with him on a glossary of terms, substantially revised the first draft of the translation, and added extensive editorial footnotes comparing the early texts with Balazs's later 'Theory of the Film' (1953). Her sole-authored Introduction arose out of original archival research at the Balazs archive in MTAK, Budapest, as well as at the British Film Institute and National Film Museum.