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This is an account of the prehistory and early years of cinema in
Britain. In this new paperback edition, which has been revised to
take into account recent scholarship of early cinema, the author
provides an account of the rich history of the origins of film. The
book 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which led to the invention of moving pictures, has been superceded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, it puts forward a
theory of invention as a type of "bricolage", and shows that
cinematography was a product of the forces of 19th century
capitalism. It 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. The book
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 15 years.
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superceded by modern scientific findings.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.
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