When movies were theater : architecture, exhibition, and the evolution of American film / William Paul.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Paul, William, author.

Series:

Film and culture.

Film and Culture Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Space and time in motion pictures.

Motion pictures and architecture.

Motion picture theaters.

Theater architecture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (445 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

There was a time when seeing a movie meant more than seeing a film. The theater itself shaped the very perception of events on screen. This multilayered history tells the story of American film through the evolution of theater architecture and the surprisingly varied ways movies were shown, ranging from Edison's 1896 projections to the 1968 Cinerama premiere of Stanley Kubrick's 2001. William Paul matches distinct architectural forms to movie styles, showing how cinema's roots in theater influenced business practices, exhibition strategies, and film technologies.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction: An Art of the Theater

1. Making Movies Fit

2. Store Theaters: A Radical Break

3. Palatial Architecture, Democratized Audience

4. Elite Taste in a Mass Medium

5. Uncanny Theater

6. The Architectural Screen

Conclusion: Ontological Fade-Out

Appendix 1: Stage Shows and Double Features in Select Markets Outside New York City

Appendix 2: Feature Films Based on Theatrical Sources, 1914-2011

Appendix 3: Filmography

Appendix 4: List of Theaters

Abbreviations Used for Citations in Notes

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 07. Sep 2019)

ISBN:

9780231541374

0231541376

OCLC:

948774569