Silent cinema : before the pictures got small / Lawrence Napper.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Napper, Lawrence, author.

Series:

Short cuts (London, England) ; 64.

Short cuts ; 64

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Silent films.

Silent films--History and criticism.

Motion pictures--20th century.

Motion pictures.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

vii, 120 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Wallflower, [2017]

Summary:

Since the spectacular success of The Artist (2011) there has been a resurgence of interest in silent cinema, and particularly in the lush and passionate screen dramas of the 1920s. This introduction to the cinema of this extraordinary period outlines the development of the form between the end of World War I and the introduction of synchranised sound at the end of the 1920s. It addresses the relationship between, film aesthetics and the industrial and political contexts of film production through a series of case studies of 'national' cinemas. Areas such as the star system, cinema buildings, musical accompaniments, film fashions and fan cultures are addressed - all the elements that ensured that the; experience of the pictures was 'big'. The international dominance of Hollywood is explored, as are the different responses to that dominance in Britain, Germany and the USSR. Book jacket.

Contents:

1. Going to the Pictures

2. Germany

Beyond `Expressionism'

3. Russia

Of all the arts, the most important for us is the cinema'

4. America

Continuity and Dominance

5. Britain

Looking Two Ways.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-117) and index.

ISBN:

9780231181181

0231181183

9780231181174

0231181175

OCLC:

947817392