Paolo Cherchi Usai

Silent Cinema

A Guide to Study, Research and Curatorship

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Produktbeschreibung

Paolo Cherchi Usai provides a comprehensive introduction to the study, research and preservation of silent cinema from its heyday in the early 20th century to its present day flourishing. He traces the history of the moving image in its formative years, from Edison's and Lumière's first experiments to the dawn of 'talkies'; provides a clear guide to the basics of silent film technology; introduces the technical and creative roles involved in its production, and presents silent cinema as a performance event, rather than a passive viewing experience. This new, greatly expanded edition takes the reader on a new journey, exploring silent cinema in the broader context of technology, culture, and society, from the invention of celluloid film and its related machinery to film studios, laboratories, theatres and audiences. Among the people involved in the creation of a new art form were filmmakers, actors and writers, but also engineers, entrepreneurs, and projectionists. Their collective efforts, and the struggle to preserve their creative work by archives and museums, are interwoven in a compelling story covering three centuries of media history, from the magic lantern to the reinvention of silent cinema in digital form.The new edition also includes comprehensive resource information for the study, research, preservation and exhibition of silent cinema.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Specialist / British Film Institute
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-84457-528-2
• 3. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. April 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 189mm x 22mm
• ISBN-13: 9781844575282
• ISBN-10: 1844575284
• Artikelnr.: 49769864

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the Third Edition Acknowledgements Note Introduction Chapter 1 - Pixels Chapter 2 - Celluloid Chapter 3 - Chroma Chapter 4 - Machines Chapter 5 - People Chapter 6 - Buildings Chapter 7 - Works Chapter 8 - Show Chapter 9 - Acoustics Chapter 10 - Collections Chapter 11 - Evidence Chapter 12 - Duplicates Chapter 13 - Lacunae Chapter 14 - Traces Chapter 15 - Curatorship Bibliographic resources and research tools Appendix 1 - Film Measurement Tables Appendix 2 - Eastman Kodak Edge Codes on Motion Picture Film Stock, 1913-1928 Appendix 3 - Identification of Pathé Films by Their Edge Inscriptions Credits of Illustrations Index About the author

Rezensionen

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