Silent cinema : an introduction
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Silent cinema : an introduction
BFI, 2000
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- Other Title
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Una passione infiammabile
- Uniform Title
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Passione infiammabile
Available at 5 libraries
Note
"Originally translated by Emma Sansone Rittle but largely modified and added to by the author for this edition"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description and Table of Contents
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ISBN 9780851707457
Description
This revised guide to silent film studies contains two new chapters that present an analysis of colour technology and aesthetics and look at how silent films are saved, restored and made accessible via archives. Aided by new material, it is a survey of the first 30 years in the history of film.
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pbk. ISBN 9780851707464
Description
This revised guide to silent film studies contains two new chapters that present an analysis of colour technology and aesthetics and look at how silent films are saved, restored and made accessible via archives. Aided by new material, it is a survey of the first 30 years in the history of film.
Table of Contents
Preface to the Revised and Expanded Edition (2000) David Robinson Preface to the First English Edition (1994) Kevin Brownlow Introduction: Burning Passions 1. The Romance of Celluloid 2. The Way of All Flesh Tones 3. The Ethics of Film Preservation 4. Raiders of the Lost Nitrate 5. F is for Filmography 6. Histoire Detective 7. Film History Pursued by Other Means Appendices 1: Film Measurement Tables 2: Moving Image Archives 3: Identification of Melie's Films by the Star Film Trademarks 1896--1913 4: Identification of Eastman Kodak Stock by its Edge Codes 1913--28 5: Identification of Pathe Films by heir Edge Marks 6: Film Mutilation and How to Prevent It (1924) 7: The Film Prayer
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