Magnificent Melies - The Authorized Biography (Hardcover)

The films of Georges MEliEs (1861-1938) are landmarks in the early history of narrative filmmaking and cinematic special effects. He was a harbinger of modern aesthetics and media manipulation, and this book, written by his granddaughter, is the only one that tells his full story. Magnificent MEliEs is a thoroughly researched but highly accessible book that is a crucial source for the scholar and an entertaining read for the nonspecialist. The core of the biography provides detailed accounts of MEliEs's filmmaking years (1896-1912), from his first motion pictures shortly after the public premiere of the LumiEre CinEmatographe through such worldwide successes as his film Le Voyage dans la lune (A Trip to the Moon) and his eventual marginalization by the very industry he had helped to found. The biography also chronicles MEliEs's formative work as director of Paris's preeminent magic theater, the ThEAtre Robert-Houdin; his subsequent career staging operettas for the ThEAtre des VariEtEs Artistiques (1917-1923) in Montreuil on the site of one of his former film studios; and his later years selling toys and candy at the Gare Montparnasse (1926-1932) before being rediscovered by journalists and the avant-garde. These and other fascinating chapters highlight the remarkable range of MEliEs's creative work while suggesting how his singular life was nevertheless shaped by the seismic historical shifts of Second Empire and Third Republic France.

General

Imprint:	The University of Michigan Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 2022
Authors:	Madeleine Malthete-Melies • Kel Pero
Editors:	Matthew Solomon
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	402
ISBN-13:	978-0-472-13258-4
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Individual actors & performers Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Film, television, music, theatre Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > Film theory & criticism Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > History > European history > General Books > Biography > Film, television, music, theatre
LSN:	0-472-13258-X
Barcode:	9780472132584

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