Author

Publication

2016 - Columbia University Press

Language

English

Word Count

108,000 words, Guess

Page Count

432 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139780231176576
  • ISBN-100231176570
  • Library of Congress Control Number2015044943
  • OCLC Control Number927446165
  • Better World Books9780231176576
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Classifications

  • LCCPN1995.9.S668P38
  • LCCPN1995.9.S668 P38 2016

Description

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.

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