Living Pictures: The Origins of the Movies
Author:   Deac Rossell
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
ISBN:  

9780791437681


Pages:   188
Publication Date:   30 April 1998
Format:   Paperback
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A history of the near-simultaneous emergence of moving pictures in several countries in the mid-1890s and a thorough reevaluation of the development of the technology.CHOICE Outstanding Academic Book 1999

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Author:   Deac Rossell
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.281kg
ISBN:  

9780791437681


ISBN 10:   079143768
Pages:   188
Publication Date:   30 April 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. The Moving Image in the Nineteenth Century 3. Approaching Cinema: The Chronophotographers 4. The Search for a Material: The Development of Celluloid 5. Shaping the Future: Thomas Alva Edison and the Kinetoscope 6. Seeking an Answer: Out of the Lantern Tradition 7. Multiple Questions: The Many Cinemas of 1896-1900 Bibliography Index

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This book synthesizes multiple histories that constitute the origin of the movies: invention, technology, social history, aesthetics, business, science. In this it is unique. There have been many histories of the beginning of the movies (and, in what is a priceless bibliography, the author lists all of them), but none so far has gone beyond national borders. None has combined European with American contributions, and none has told the story from so many vantage points. I felt that I was finally reading the true story for the first time, told by an author that I could trust. - Marta Braun, Ryerson Polytechnic University


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Deac Rossell is the former National Special Projects Officer for the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles, and former Head of Programme Planning at the National Film Theatre, London. He is currently working on a book on German cinema before 1900.

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