Kafka goes to the movies

Description:

"Went to the movies. Wept. Boundless entertainment." So wrote Franz Kafka in one of his diaries, giving but one hint of his little-known passion for the cinema. Kafka aficionados have been left to speculate about which films moved Kafka and how those films might have influenced his writing. Here, the author draws on years of detective work to provide an account of Kafka's moviegoing life.

subjects: Motion pictures,  Knowledge,  History and criticism,  Silent films,  History,  Kafka, franz, 1883-1924,  Motion pictures and literature,  New York Times reviewed,  Knowledge and learning,  Stummfilm,  Art

People: Franz Kafka (1883-1924)