Hugo Munsterberg on Film: The Photoplay: A Psychological Study and Other Writings

“Hugo Munsterberg’s work offers a refreshing, provocative clarity that is all too rare among today’s film theorizing. It is wonderful to have his Photoplay available once more, along with several articles and Allan Langdale’s richly informed introduction. Munsterberg’s work reminds us of the movies’ irresistable appeal to our mind and senses.” — David Bordwell, University of Wisconsin–Madison
“Hugo Munsterberg’s work offers a refreshing, provocative clarity that is all too rare among today’s film theorizing. It is wonderful to have his Photoplay available once more, along with several articles and Allan Langdale’s richly informed introduction. Munsterberg’s work reminds us of the movies’ irresistible appeal to our mind and senses.” — David Bordwell, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Hugo Münsterberg was a psychologist and author of one of the first works of film theory, The Photoplay. AllanLangdale teaches in the Film Studies and Art History departments at the University of California at Santa Barbara.