When Movies Were Theater: Architecture, Exhibition, and the Evolution of American Film

There was a time when seeing a movie meant more than seeing a film. The theater itself shaped the very perception of events onscreen. This multilayered history tells the story of American film through the evolution of theater architecture and the surprisingly varied ways movies were shown, ranging f...

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Main Author: Paul, William (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Columbia University Press [2016]
Series:Film and Culture Series
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Online Access:DE-859
DE-860
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DE-1046
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Summary:There was a time when seeing a movie meant more than seeing a film. The theater itself shaped the very perception of events onscreen. 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. The study matches distinct architectural forms to movie styles, showing how cinema's roots in theater influenced business practices, exhibition strategies, and film technologies
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed Mar. 30, 2016)
Physical Description:1 online resource 71 b&w illustrations
ISBN:9780231541374