{"product_id":"film-and-attraction-from-kinematography-to-cinema-hardback-9780252035838","title":"Film and Attraction; From Kinematography to Cinema (Hardback) 9780252035838","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFilm and Attraction\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFrom Kinematography to Cinema\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAndre Gaudreault (Author), Timothy Barnard (Translated by), Rick Altman (Foreword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780252035838\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 17 May 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e224 pages, 23 black and white photographs\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.426 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAuthor received the Jean Mitry Prize given by the Giornate del Cinema Muto, honoring individuals who contribute to the advancement of history and recognition of silent cinema, 2010.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"This work could indeed help rewrite the history of 'early cinema.'  Highly recommended.\"--\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"A tour de force. The many historical references to specific uses of cinematic terms that are summoned by the author is impressive and can be accomplished only by a scholar with long and substantial experience working in the field. Books on film historiography as insightful, substantial, and concise as this one are rare.\"--Charles O'Brien, author of \u003ci\u003eCinema's Conversion to Sound: Technology and Film Style in France and the U.S.\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \"Thoughtful and provocative.\"--Philip French, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eEstablishing a new vision for film history, \u003ci\u003eFilm and Attraction: From Kinematography to Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e urges readers to consider the importance of complex social and cultural forces in early film. AndrÉ Gaudreault argues that Edison and the LumiÈres did not invent cinema; they invented a device. Explaining how this device, the kinematograph, gave rise to cinema is the challenge he sets for himself in this volume. He highlights the forgotten role of the film lecturer and examines film's relationship with other visual spectacles in fin-de-siÈcle culture, from magic sketches to fairy plays and photography to vaudeville. In reorienting the study of film history, Film and Attraction offers a candid reassessment of Georges MÉliÈs' rich oeuvre and includes a new, unabridged translation of MÉliÈs' famous 1907 text \"Kinematographic Views.\" A foreword by Rick Altman stresses the relevance of Gaudreault's concerns to Anglophone film scholarship.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eForeword by Rick Altman   ix\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments   xiii\u003cbr\u003e Introduction   1\u003cbr\u003e 1. Looking at Early Cinema in a New Light   9\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Emergence of the Kinematograph   32\u003cbr\u003e 3. Attraction and the Kinematograph   48\u003cbr\u003e 4. Intermediality and the Kinematograph   62\u003cbr\u003e 5. A Problematic Institutional Space   83\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion   98\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Appendix A: Discussion between the Author and the Editors of the Journal \u003ci\u003e1895\u003c\/i\u003e   109\u003cbr\u003e Appendix B: \"\u003cbr\u003eKinematographic Views\"\u003cbr\u003e (1907) by Georges Melies, edited with an introduction and annotations by Jacques Malthete   133\u003cbr\u003e Notes   153\u003cbr\u003e Works Cited in the Present Volume   177\u003cbr\u003e General Bibliography on Early Cinema   185\u003cbr\u003e Index   203\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52520563278104,"sku":"9780252035838","price":87.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/film-and-attraction-from-kinematography-to-cinema-hardback-9780252035838","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}