Early cinema in Russia and its cultural reception
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Early cinema in Russia and its cultural reception
(Routledge library editions, . Cinema ; v. 37)
Routledge, 2014
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  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
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  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
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Note
First published in English in 1994. This edition first published in 2014.
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book examines the development of cinematic form and culture in Russia, from its late nineteenth-century beginnings as a fairground attraction to the early post-Revolutionary years.
The author traces the changing perceptions of cinema and its social transition from a modernist invention to a national art form. He explores reactions to the earliest films from actors, novelists, poets, writers and journalists. His richly detailed study of the physical elements of cinematic performance includes the architecture and illumination of the cinema foyer, the speed of projection and film acoustics.
In contrast to standard film histories, this book focuses on reflected images: rather than discussing films and film-makers, it features the historical film-goer and early writings on film. The book presents a vivid and changing picture of cinema culture in Russia in the twilight of the tsarist era and the first decades of the twentieth century. The study expands the whole context of reception studies and opens up questions about reception relevant to other national cinemas.
Table of Contents
Foreword Tom Gunning Introduction Part 1 1. Early Cinema Architecture and the Evolution of the Social Composition of Cinema 2. Projection Technique as a Factor in Aesthetic Perception 3. The Acoustics of Cinema Performance 4. The Reception of Interference Part 2 5. Shifting Textual Boundaries 6. The Reception of the Moving Image 7. The Reception of Narrative Categories 8. The Reception of Narrative Devices. Postscript
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