{"id":40,"date":"2015-08-14T12:32:30","date_gmt":"2015-08-14T12:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thepromiseofcinema.com\/testsite\/?page_id=40"},"modified":"2016-11-13T17:49:57","modified_gmt":"2016-11-13T17:49:57","slug":"the-website","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.thepromiseofcinema.com\/","title":{"rendered":"The Website"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1424 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepromiseofcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/poccoverdesign.jpg?resize=210%2C300\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepromiseofcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/poccoverdesign.jpg?resize=210%2C300 210w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepromiseofcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/poccoverdesign.jpg?resize=768%2C1097 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepromiseofcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/poccoverdesign.jpg?resize=717%2C1024 717w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>This website is a\u00a0forum for research and scholarship\u00a0on\u00a0early\u00a0German film culture and theory. 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