de la Caverne a la Pyramide: Ecrits Sur Le Cinema 1914-1925 [French]

by Vachel Lindsay

English summary: "Edison is the new Gutenberg. He invented the new printing," states Vachel Lindsay in 1914, in the first book ever devoted to cinema. This work is proof of the strong conviction of Lindsay: from the Platonic myth and the guesswork of parietal painting to the iconic and verbal beauties of Egyptian hieroglyphs, it encourages modern man to "think in pictures" and America to recognize in cinema the only possible grammar for the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: French
• ISBN: 2252038381
• ISBN13: 9782252038383
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Klincksieck
• Length: 352 Pages