Esquisse d’une psychologie du cinéma

Written in 1939 following the filming of Sierra de Teruel, adapted from L’Espoir, this essay first appeared in the journal Verve in 1940. After the war, Malraux produced this revised version, published separately for bibliophiles. Malraux seeks to understand how cinema became an art form distinct from photography, theater, painting and the novel; he examines in particular the transition from silent to sound film and the mysterious power of cinema to revive great myths in modern forms.

Some foxing to the wrappers.