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A Companion to Early Cinema
“This collection of essays by early cinema scholars from Europe and North America offers manifold perspectives on early cinema fiction which perfectly reflect the state of international research.” - Dr. Martin Loiperdinger, Universität Trier “A fabulous selection of first-rate essays! -Rick Altman, University of Iowa “One of the most thought-provoking books in recent film studies: in it, early cinema is both a historical object and a contemporary presence. As in a great novel, we can retrace the adventures of the past – the films, styles, discourses, and receptions, that made cinema the breakthrough reality it was in its first decades. But we can also come to appreciate how much of this reality is still present in our digital world.” -Francesco Casetti, Yale University
André Gaudreault (Edited by), Nicolas Dulac (Edited by), Santiago Hidalgo (Edited by)
9781444332315, Wiley
Hardback, published 1 June 2012
656 pages
25.4 x 18.3 x 3.2 cm, 1.293 kg
"This book is an authoritative reference on the field of early cinema.It includes work by established and up-and-coming scholars that offers the cutting-edge research and original perspectives. Its 30 chapters are a must-have reference for those working in field." (Wonderpedia, 19 September 2013) "One of the strengths of this substantial 'companion' is that it raises the issue of definition in a variety of provocative ways." (Sight & Sound, 1 February 2013)
"It goes without saying that it deserves to be on the library shelves of institutions where the subject forms part of the academic curriculum." (Reference Reviews, 1 June 2013)
"The essays are well researched and display a refreshing diversity of approaches. Even as the discipline of cinema and media studies turns to newer media, early cinema continues to posses a certain allure." (Nineteenth Century Theatre and Film, Summer 2013)
A COMPANION TO EARLY CINEMA “This collection of essays by early cinema scholars from Europe and North America offers manifold perspectives on early cinema fiction which perfectly reflect the state of international research.” – Martin Loiperdinger, Universitaet Trier “A fabulous selection of first-rate articles!” – Rick Altman, University of Iowa “One of the most challenging books in recent film studies: in it, early cinema is both a historical object and a contemporary presence. As in a great novel, we can retrace the adventures of the past – the films, styles, discourses, and receptions that made cinema the breakthrough reality it was in its first decades. But we can also come to appreciate how much of this reality is still present in our digital world.” – Francesco Casetti, Yale University A Companion to Early Cinema is an authoritative reference on the field of early cinema. Its 30 peer-reviewed chapters offer cutting-edge research and original perspectives on the major concerns in early cinema studies, and take an ambitious look at ideas and themes that will lead discussions about early cinema into the future. Including work by both established and up-and-coming scholars in early cinema, film theory, and film history, this will be the definitive volume on early cinema history for years to come and a must-have reference for all those working in the field.
List of Contributors viii Acknowledgments xiv Introduction 1 Part I Early Cinema Cultures 13 1 The Culture Broth and the Froth of Cultures of So-called Early Cinema 15 2 Toward a History of Peep Practice 32 3 “We are Here and Not Here”: Late Nineteenth-Century Stage Magic and the Roots of Cinema in the Appearance (and Disappearance) of the Virtual Image 52 4 The Féerie between Stage and Screen 64 5 The Théâtrophone, an Anachronistic Hybrid Experiment or One of the First Immobile Traveler Devices? 80 6 The “Silent” Arts: Modern Pantomime and the Making of an Art Cinema in Belle Époque Paris: The Case of Georges Wague and Germaine Dulac 99 Part II Early Cinema Discourses 119 7 First Discourses on Film and the Construction of a “Cinematic Episteme” 121 8 The Discourses of Art in Early Film, or, Why Not Rancière? 141 9 Sensationalism and Early Cinema 163 10 From Craft to Industry: Series and Serial Production Discourses and Practices in France 183 11 Early American Film Publications: Film Consciousness, Self Consciousness 202 12 Early Cinema and Film Theory 224 Part III Early Cinema Forms 243 13 A Bunch of Violets 245 14 Modernity Stops at Nothing: The American Chase Film and the Specter of Lynching 257 15 “The Knowledge Which Comes in Pictures”: Educational Films and Early Cinema Audiences 277 16 Motion Picture Color and Pathé-Frères: The Aesthetic Consequences of Industrialization 298 Part IV Early Cinema Presentations 315 17 The European Fairground Cinema: (Re)defining and (Re)contextualizing the “Cinema of Attractions” 317 18 Early Film Programs: An Overture, Five Acts, and an Interlude 334 19 “Half Real-Half Reel”: Alternation Format Stage-and-Screen Hybrids 360 20 Advance Newspaper Publicity for the Vitascope and the Mass Address of Cinema ’s Reading Public 381 21 Storefront Theater Advertising and the Evolution of the American Film Poster 398 22 Bound by Cinematic Chains: Film and Prisons during the Early Era 420 Part V Early Cinema Identities 441 23 Anonymity: Uncredited and Unknown in Early Cinema 443 24 The Invention of Cinematic Celebrity in the United Kingdom 460 25 The Film Lecturer 487 26 Richard Hoffman: A Collector’s Archive 498 Part VI Early Cinema Recollections 525 27 Early Films in the Age of Content; or, “Cinema of Attractions” Pursued by Digital Means 527 28 Multiple Originals: The (Digital) Restoration and Exhibition of Early Films 550 29 Pointing Forward, Looking Back: Reflexivity and Deixis in Early Cinema and Contemporary Installations 568 30 Is Nothing New? Turn-of-the-Century Epistemes in Film History 587 Index 610
Nicolas Dulac, André Gaudreault, and Santiago Hidalgo
André Gaudreault
Erkki Huhtamo
Tom Gunning
Frank Kessler
Giusy Pisano
Tami Williams
François Albera
Rob King
Annemone Ligensa
Laurent Le Forestier
Santiago Hidalgo
Roger Odin
Ben Brewster
Jan Olsson
Jennifer Peterson
Charles O ’ Brien
Joseph Garncarz
Richard Abel
Gwendolyn Waltz
Paul S. Moore
Kathryn H. Fuller-Seeley
Alison Griffiths
Jane M. Gaines
Andrew Shail
Germain Lacasse
Richard Koszarski
Paolo Cherchi Usai
Giovanna Fossati
Nanna Verhoeff
Thomas Elsaesser
Subject Areas: Society & culture: general [JF]
