Book presentation: Das ABC des Kinos

The encounter between Fidel Castro, Pope John Paul II and Madonna on the cover is as unusual as the entire book project published by Stroemfeld Verlag, "Das ABC des Kinos. Foto, Film, Neue Medien" by Winfried Pauleit. The slipcase contains a theory audio book on CD and ten artistically designed booklets, the interdisciplinary contents of which bear witness to other unexpected encounters initiated by the author. It brings together thoughts on post-cinematography, on Kracauer's essay on photography, on cinema and schools, and on how cyborgs can learn from cinema with reflections on video surveillance, on the filmic and theoretical work of Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen, the motif of card games, and Tom Tykwer's movie LOLA RENNT (Run Lola Run, D 1998, Sept. 1), which we will screen on the occasion of the book presentation at Arsenal.