Georges Méliès : the birth of the auteur / Elizabeth Ezra.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ezra, Elizabeth, 1965- author.

Series:

French Film Directors Series (Manchester, England).

Manchester Film Studies

French Film Directors Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Méliès, Georges, 1861-1938--Criticism and interpretation.

Motion pictures--France--History.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 166 pages) : illustrations, portraits; digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Georges Méliès

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2019.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Before the turn of the twentieth century, before the nickelodeon, even before the first cinemas, Georges Méliès began making movies. Directing, editing, producing, designing, and starring in over 500 films between 1896 to 1912, Méliès was also the first cinematic auteur. This is the first study of Méliès's films to appear in English in over twenty years and the only book to interpret his work using the tools of modern film analysis. Locates the roots of modern narrative cinema in Méliès's work, identifying techniques of editing and mise-en-scène previously thought to have originated with D. W. Griffith.

Contents:

Introduction - Narrative Attractions

1. Méliès does tricks

2. Fantastic realism

3. The amazinf flying woman

4. Imaginary voyages

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes filmography, bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781526141460

1526141469

OCLC:

1507890452