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ADORNO’NUN SİNEMA HAKKINDA DEĞİŞEN DÜŞÜNCELERİ: ALEXANDER KLUGE SİNEMASI VE ABSCHIED VON GESTERN/ANITA G. FİLMİ

Year 2025, Volume: 8 Issue: 1, 154 - 171, 28.03.2025
https://doi.org/10.37999/udekad.1614782

Abstract

Theodor W. Adorno’nun film çalışmalarına katkısı Kültür Endüstrisi bölümüyle sınırlı olarak değerlendirilir. Bu çerçevede Adorno’nun sinemaya yaklaşımı kitle kültürü, medya, sanat ve teknoloji üzerine genellikle muhafazakârlık, elitizm ya da kötümserlik temaları çerçevesinde şekillenmiştir. Ancak Adorno’nun sinema hakkındaki düşünceleri 1962 yılında Genç Alman sinemacıların Oberhausen Bildirisini yayınlaması ve auteur sinemanın eleştirel potansiyelinin ortaya çıkışı gibi etkenlerle değişim göstermiştir; filmin, içinde bulunduğu toplumsal ve ekonomik koşullarda bile eleştirel potansiyele ulaşabileceği düşüncesi baskın olmaya başlamıştır. Frankfurt Okulu’nda bir dönem Adorno’nun öğrenciliğini/asistanlığını yapan ve Oberhausen Bildirisini kaleme alan Alexander Kluge’nin Adorno ile kurmuş olduğu ilişki yönetmenin bakış açısını şekillendirmiştir. Çalışmada Adorno’nun sinema hakkındaki değişen düşüncelerini Kluge’nin Abschied von Gestern - (Anita G.) (1966) filminden yola çıkarak betimsel analiz yöntemiyle ortaya koymak amaçlanmaktadır. Makalede önceki çalışmalarına göre Adorno’nun sinema hakkındaki düşüncelerinde büyük oranda değişimlerin olduğu saptanmıştır. Abschied von Gestern - (Anita G.) filmi, Adorno’nun sinemayı sadece kültür endüstrisinin bir parçası olarak görmediğinin somut yansıması olarak görülmektedir.

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ADORNO’S CHANGING IDEAS ABOUT CINEMA: ALEXANDER KLUGE CINEMA AND THE FILM YESTERDAY GIRL/ANITA G.

Year 2025, Volume: 8 Issue: 1, 154 - 171, 28.03.2025
https://doi.org/10.37999/udekad.1614782

Abstract

Theodor W. Adorno’s contribution to film studies is widely regarded as being confined to the section on Culture Industry. Within this paradigm, Adorno's approach to cinema has been predominantly influenced by themes of conservatism, elitism and pessimism concerning mass culture, media, art and technology. However, Adorno’s thinking on cinema underwent a shift in the context of the Oberhausen Declaration by Young German Filmmakers in 1962 and the emergence of the critical potential of auteur cinema. The notion that film can attain its critical potential even within the prevailing social and economic conditions gained widespread acceptance. The director’s perspective was significantly influenced by his relationship with Alexander Kluge, who was Adorno’s student and assistant at the Frankfurt School for a period, and who was instrumental in the formulation of the Oberhausen Declaration.This study aims to elucidate Adorno's evolving cinematic perspectives through a descriptive analysis of Kluge’s film Abschied von Gestern - (Anita G.) (1966). The study finds that Adorno’s perspective on cinema underwent a substantial shift in his thinking, a departure from his earlier works. The film Abschied von Gestern - (Anita G.) is regarded as a concrete reflection of Adorno’s shift in perception regarding cinema's role in the culture industry.

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  • Adorno, T. W., & Eisler, H. (1994). Composing for the films. The Athlone Press.
  • Boucher, G. (2013). Yeni bir bakışla, Adorno. (Y. Başkavak, Çev.). Kolektif Kitap.
  • Brenez, N. (2007). T. W. Adorno: Cinema in spite of itself - but cinema all the same. Cultural Studies Review, 13 (1), 70-88.
  • Ekardt, P. (2018). Toward fewer images the work of Alexander Kluge. The MIT Press.
  • Elsaesser, T. (1989). New German cinema a history. Rutgers University Press.
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  • Forrest, T. (2015). Realism as protest Kluge, Schlingensief, Haneke. Transcript.
  • Franklin, J. (1986). New German cinema from Oberhausen to Hamburg. Columbus Books.
  • Hake, S. (2008). German national cinema. Routledge.
  • Hansen, M. (1981-1982). Introduction to Adorno, “transparencies on film”. New German Critique (24-25), 186-198.
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  • Horkheimer, M., & Adorno, T. (1996). Aydınlanmanın diyalektiği felsefi fragmanlar II. (O. Özügül, Çev.). Kabalcı Yayınları.
  • Huyssen, A. (1975). Introduction to Adorno. New German Critique, 6, 6-7.
  • Jeffries, S. (2018). Büyük uçurum oteli: Frankfurt Okulu’ndan yaşam öyküleri. Minotor Kitap. Kaes, A. (2012). In search of Germany: Alexander Kluge’s the patriot. T. Forrest (Ed.), Alexander Kluge Raw Materials for The Imagination (s. 95-126). Amsterdam University Press.
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  • Sandford, J. (1980). The new German cinema. Barnes and Noble.
  • Schlüpmann, H. (2012). ‘What is different is good’: Women and femininity in the films of Alexander Kluge. T. Forrest (Ed.), Alexander Kluge Raw Materials for the Imagination (s. 72-94). Amsterdam University Press.
  • Voirol, O. (2011). Back to culture industry. Reseaux, 166, 125-157.
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  • Wilson, R. (2007). Theodor Adorno. Routledge.
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Primary Language Turkish
Subjects Cultural Studies (Other)
Journal Section Research Articles
Authors

İhsan Koluaçık 0000-0001-5525-2182

Early Pub Date March 27, 2025
Publication Date March 28, 2025
Submission Date January 7, 2025
Acceptance Date March 20, 2025
Published in Issue Year 2025 Volume: 8 Issue: 1

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APA Koluaçık, İ. (2025). ADORNO’NUN SİNEMA HAKKINDA DEĞİŞEN DÜŞÜNCELERİ: ALEXANDER KLUGE SİNEMASI VE ABSCHIED VON GESTERN/ANITA G. FİLMİ. Uluslararası Dil Edebiyat Ve Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi, 8(1), 154-171. https://doi.org/10.37999/udekad.1614782

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