The Dream That Kicks - The Prehistory and Early Years of Cinema in Britain (Hardcover, 2nd edition)

The Dream the Kicks is a classic account of the prehistory and early years of cinema in Britain. In this new paperback edition, which has been thoroughly revised to take into account recent scholarship of early cinema, Michael Chanan provides a fasciniating account of the rich and hitherto hidden history of the origins of film. Chanan demonstrates that the theory of `the persistence of vision', which led to the invention of moving pictures, has been superceded by modern scientific findings. In its place, he puts forward a theory of invention as a type of bricolage, and shows that cinematography was a product of the forces of nineteenth century capitalism. He discusses the wealth of influences, both popular and bourgeois, on the culture of early cinema, including diorama, the magic lantern, itinerant entertainers and music hall. He looks at the relationship between film and photography, and considers the nascent film business, the ways in which early cinema was received by its audiences and the developing aesthetics of cinema in its first fifteen years.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2017
First published:	1996
Authors:	Professor Michael Chanan • Michael Chanan
Dimensions:	216 x 138mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Edition:	2nd edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-44290-0
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies
LSN:	1-138-44290-9
Barcode:	9781138442900

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