Film and Attraction: From Kinematography to Cinema

by André Gaudreault

Book Overview

Establishing a new vision for film history, Film and Attraction: From Kinematography to Cinema urges readers to consider the importance of complex social and cultural forces in early film. Andr? Gaudreault argues that Edison and the Lumi?res 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252078055
• ISBN13: 9780252078057
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"