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Early Cinema and the Birth of the Modern World (book in English)
by Ian Christie
- Type
- Studies
- Subject
- History of Cinema
- history of cinema, early cinema
- Publishing Date
- 1995
- Publisher
- BFI Publishing
- Collection
- (no collection)
- Language
- English
Relative size
- Physical desc.
- Paperback • 152 pages
8 ½ x 8 ¾ inches (21.5 x 22 cm) - ISBN-10
ISBN-13 - 1-8600-0094-0
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About the Author:
Ian Christie is the author of Arrows of Desire: the Films of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger (1985, 1994) and has written and edited four other books about their work. He has organised many retrospectives and played a part in the films' restoration. He is currently Professor of Film and Media History at Birkbeck College, University of London, and a regular broadcaster.
See the publisher website: BFI Publishing
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