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In this accessible introduction to early and silent cinema, which is currently enjoying a renaissance, both academically and in the popular imagination thanks to The Artist, Keith Withall provides both a comprehensive chronology of the period until the birth of sound and also a series of detailed case studies on the key films from the period – some well known (including Griffith's The Birth of a Nation, Eisenstein's Strike and Chaplin's The Kid), some perhaps less well familiar (including Murnau's The Last Laugh and Oscar Micheaux's Within Our Gates).
As well as covering in detail the major film-making figures and nations of the period, the author also provides insights into the industry in less well documented areas.
Throughout, the films and film-makers are placed in the context of rapid worldwide industrial change. (Please note this book is a revised and expanded version of Early and Silent Cinema: A Teacher's Guide, published by Auteur in 2007.)
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:176 pages
- Publisher:Liverpool University Press
- Publication Date:09/12/2014
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- ISBN:9781906733704
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:176 pages
- Publisher:Liverpool University Press
- Publication Date:09/12/2014
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- ISBN:9781906733704
