Silent Cinema, an Introduction by Paolo Cherchi Usai
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Silent Cinema, an Introduction
Summary
This revised guide to silent film studies contains two new chapters that present an analysis of colour technology and aesthetics and look at how silent films are saved, restored and made accessible via archives. Aided by new material, it is a survey of the first 30 years in the history of film.
Silent Cinema, an Introduction Summary
Table of Contents
Preface to the Revised and Expanded Edition (2000) David Robinson Preface to the First English Edition (1994) Kevin Brownlow Introduction: Burning Passions 1. The Romance of Celluloid 2. The Way of All Flesh Tones 3. The Ethics of Film Preservation 4. Raiders of the Lost Nitrate 5. F is for Filmography 6. Histoire Detective 7. Film History Pursued by Other Means Appendices 1: Film Measurement Tables 2: Moving Image Archives 3: Identification of Melie's Films by the Star Film Trademarks 1896--1913 4: Identification of Eastman Kodak Stock by its Edge Codes 1913--28 5: Identification of Pathe Films by heir Edge Marks 6: Film Mutilation and How to Prevent It (1924) 7: The Film Prayer
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GOR007915041
9780851707464
0851707467
Silent Cinema, an Introduction by Paolo Cherchi Usai
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2000-10-01
229
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