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Film and Attraction: From Kinematography to Cinema
Andre Gaudreault
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Description for Film and Attraction: From Kinematography to Cinema
Paperback. An important reexamination of early film history, translated from the French for the first time Translator(s): Barnard, Timothy. Num Pages: 224 pages, 23 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: APFA; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
Establishing a new vision for film history, Film and Attraction: From Kinematography to Cinema urges readers to consider the importance of complex social and cultural forces in early film. André Gaudreault argues that Edison and the Lumières did not invent cinema; they invented a device. Explaining how this device, the kinematograph, gave rise to cinema is the challenge he sets for himself in this volume. He highlights the forgotten role of the film lecturer and examines film's relationship with other visual spectacles in fin-de-siècle culture, from magic sketches to fairy plays and photography to vaudeville. In reorienting the study of ... Read more
Establishing a new vision for film history, Film and Attraction: From Kinematography to Cinema urges readers to consider the importance of complex social and cultural forces in early film. André Gaudreault argues that Edison and the Lumières did not invent cinema; they invented a device. Explaining how this device, the kinematograph, gave rise to cinema is the challenge he sets for himself in this volume. He highlights the forgotten role of the film lecturer and examines film's relationship with other visual spectacles in fin-de-siècle culture, from magic sketches to fairy plays and photography to vaudeville. In reorienting the study of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252078057
SKU
V9780252078057
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About Andre Gaudreault
André Gaudreault is a professor at the Département d’histoire de l’art et d’études cinématographiques at the Université de Montréal, the author of From Plato to Lumière: Narration and Monstration in Literature and Cinema, and the editor of American Cinema 1890–1909: Themes and Variations.Timothy Barnard is a film historian, publisher, and translator.
Reviews for Film and Attraction: From Kinematography to Cinema
Author received the Jean Mitry Prize given by the Giornate del Cinema Muto, honoring individuals who contribute to the advancement of history and recognition of silent cinema, 2010. "This work could indeed help rewrite the history of 'early cinema.' Highly recommended."
Choice "A tour de force. The many historical references to specific uses of cinematic terms that ... Read more
Choice "A tour de force. The many historical references to specific uses of cinematic terms that ... Read more