The dream that kicks : the prehistory and early years of cinema in Britain / Michael Chanan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chanan, Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Great Britain--History.

Motion pictures.

Cinematography--History.

Cinematography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.

Summary:

The Dream the Kicks is a classic account of the prehistory and early years of cinema in Britain. In this new paperback edition, which has been thoroughly revised to take into account recent scholarship of early cinema, Michael Chanan provides a fasciniating account of the rich and hitherto hidden history of the origins of film. Chanan demonstrates that the theory of `the persistence of vision', which led to the invention of moving pictures, has been superceded by modern scientific findings. In its place, he puts forward a theory of invention as a type of bricolage, and sh

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Author's note (first edition); Preface to the second edition; Acknowledgements; The site of film; The sight of film; The conditions of invention; Theories of perception; Photographic development; Patent business; Celluloid muse; The production of consumption; Music hall and popular culture; Culture and politics in the middle classes; Market competition and industrial growth; The foundations of the film idiom; Epilogue: The dream that kicks; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC:

271832508