“I LOVE TO GO TO THE MOVIES”

THEODOR W. ADORNO BEYOND ICONOCLASM

Abstract

In general, Theodor W. Adorno's receptions assume a relegation or even contempt for aesthetic reflection on cinema. However, from non-reductionist interpretations of the concept of cultural industry and, above all, from a special attention to the latest works directly related to cinema, produced during the sixties given his approach to the German filmmaker and writer Alexander Kluge, we propose a possible programmatic in Adorno for a critical cinema. The article presents, in its first two parts, a cartography of the receptions on the cultural industry concept and a stake for other interpretations that are not tied to the chapter of Dialectic of the Enlightenment. In the next two sections, we focus on the 1960s and Adorno's relationship with Kluge. In this point, we highlight the reflection on a cinema that is self-aware of its formal aspects, on the image beyond its referential character and the montage technique. From this perspective, we set out how cinema, from Adornos point of view, shows its affinity with writing and subjective experience.