BackEarly Cinema
Space, Frame, Narrative (book in English)
Edited by Thomas Elsaesser
- Type
- Studies
- Subject
- History of Cinema
- early cinema, silent cinema, theory
- Publishing Date
- 1990
- Publisher
- BFI Publishing
- Collection
- (no collection)
- Language
- English
Relative size
- Physical desc.
- Paperback • 424 pages
6 x 9 inches (15.5 x 23 cm) - ISBN-10
ISBN-13 - 0-85170-244-9
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Book Presentation:
In the twenty years preceding the First World War, cinema rapidly developed from a fairground curiosity into a major industry and social institution, a source of information and entertainment for millions of people. Only recently have film scholars and historians begun to study these early years of cinema in their own right and not simply as first steps towards the classical narrative cinema we now associate with Hollywood. The essays in this collection trace the fascinating history of how the cinema developed its forms of storytelling and representation and how it evolved into a complex industry with Hollywood rapidly acquiring a dominant role. These issues can be seen to arise from new readings of the so-called pioneers - Melies, Lumiere, Porter, and Griffith - while also suggesting new perspectives on major European filmmakers of the 1910s and 20s. Editor Thomas Elsaesser complements the contributions from leading British, American, and European scholars with introductory essays of his own that provide a comprehensive overview of the field. The volume is the most authoritative survey to date of a key area of contemporary film research, invaluable to historians as well as to students of cinema.
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