Silent Cinema: A Guide to Study, Research and Curatorship

ISBN-13: 9781844575282 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 448 str.

Paolo Cherchi Usai

Opis

A comprehensive introduction to silent cinema as a cultural, technological and industrial phenomenon by a leading expert.

Recenzje

Silent Cinema is a must-have book for everyone interested in cinema of all eras . If you're not a silent fan, this giddy ride can make you one. Observations on Film Art

Spis treści

Preface to the Third EditionAcknowledgementsNoteIntroductionChapter 1 - PixelsChapter 2 - CelluloidChapter 3 - ChromaChapter 4 - MachinesChapter 5 - PeopleChapter 6 - BuildingsChapter 7 - WorksChapter 8 - ShowChapter 9 - AcousticsChapter 10 - CollectionsChapter 11 - EvidenceChapter 12 - DuplicatesChapter 13 - LacunaeChapter 14 - TracesChapter 15 - CuratorshipBibliographic resources and research toolsAppendix 1 - Film Measurement TablesAppendix 2 - Eastman Kodak Edge Codes on Motion Picture Film Stock, 1913-1928Appendix 3 - Identification of Pathé Films by Their Edge InscriptionsCredits of IllustrationsIndexAbout the author

O autorze

Paolo Cherchi Usai is Senior Curator of the Motion Picture Department and director of the L. Jeffrey Selznick School of Film Preservation at the George Eastman House in Rochester, New York, USA, and founder of the annual Pordenone Silent Film Festival. Cherchi Usai's publications include The Griffith Project, co-published by the British Film Institute and Le Giornate, in 12 volumes (1996-2012); The Death of Cinema: History, Cultural Memory, and the Digital Dark Age (2001); and Burning Passions: An Introduction to the Study of Silent Cinema (1994).