A Companion to Early Cinema

Informationen zum Autor André Gaudreault is Professor in Film Studies at the Université de Montréal, where he heads the research group GRAFICS (Groupe de recherche sur l'avènement et la formation des institutions cinématographique et scénique). He is also director of the bilingual journal Cinémas , published in Montreal. He has presented numerous scholarly papers and published extensively on film narration and early cinema. Nicolas Dulac is Lecturer in Film Studies at the Université de Montréal. He has published on early cinema and turn-of-the-century popular culture in journals such as 1895 Revue d'Histoire du Cinéma, Cinema & Cie , and Early Popular Visual Culture . Santiago Hidalgo is Lecturer in Film Studies at the Université de Montréal. He has published on early cinema, film criticism, and film historiography in Cinémas and in conference proceedings for events in Udine, Italy and Cerisy, France. Klappentext An authoritative and much-needed overview of the main issues in the field of early cinema from over 30 leading international scholars in the field* First collection of its kind to offer in one reference: original theory, new research, and reviews of existing studies in the field* Features over 30 original essays from some of the leading scholars in early cinema and Film Studies, including Tom Gunning, Jane Gaines, Richard Abel, Thomas Elsaesser, and André Gaudreault* Caters to renewed interest in film studies' historical methods, with strict analysis of multiple and competing sources, providing a critical re-contextualization of films, printed material and technologies* Covers a range of topics in early cinema, such as exhibition, promotion, industry, pre-cinema, and film criticism* Broaches the latest research on the subject of archival practices, important particularly in the current digital context Zusammenfassung A Companion to Early Cinema is an authoritative reference on the subfield of early cinema. An international group of expert scholars interrogate major concerns in early cinema studies, such as exhibition, promotion, industry, pre-cinema, and film criticism, and take an ambitious look at ideas and themes that take the subject into the future. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Contributors viii Acknowledgments xiv Introduction 1 Nicolas Dulac, André Gaudreault, and Santiago Hidalgo Part I Early Cinema Cultures 13 1 The Culture Broth and the Froth of Cultures of So-called Early Cinema 15 André Gaudreault 2 Toward a History of Peep Practice 32 Erkki Huhtamo 3 "We are Here and Not Here": Late Nineteenth-Century Stage Magic and the Roots of Cinema in the Appearance (and Disappearance) of the Virtual Image 52 Tom Gunning 4 The Féerie between Stage and Screen 64 Frank Kessler 5 The Théâtrophone, an Anachronistic Hybrid Experiment or One of the First Immobile Traveler Devices? 80 Giusy Pisano 6 The "Silent" Arts: Modern Pantomime and the Making of an Art Cinema in Belle Époque Paris: The Case of Georges Wague and Germaine Dulac 99 Tami Williams Part II Early Cinema Discourses 119 7 First Discourses on Film and the Construction of a "Cinematic Episteme" 121 François Albera 8 The Discourses of Art in Early Film, or, Why Not Rancière? 141 Rob King 9 Sensationalism and Early Cinema 163 Annemone Ligensa 10 From Craft to Industry: Series and Serial Production Discourses and Practices in France 183 Laurent Le Forestier 11 Early American Film Publications: Film Consciousness, Self Consciousness 202 Santiago Hidalgo 12 Early Cinema and Film Theory 224 Roger Odin Part III Early Cinema Forms 243 13 A Bunch of Violets 245 Ben Brewste...

Table des matières

List of contributors
 
Introduction
Nicolas Dulac, André Gaudreault, Santiago Hidalgo
 
I Early Cinema Cultures
 
1. The Culture Broth and the Froth of Cultures of So-called Early Cinema
André Gaudreault
 
2. Toward A History Of Peep Practice
Erkki Huhtamo
 
3. "We are Here and Not Here": Late Nineteenth Century Stage Magic and the Roots of Cinema in the Appearance (and Disappearance) of the Virtual Image
Tom Gunning
 
4. The Féerie between Stage and Screen
Frank Kessler
 
5. The Théâtrophone, an Anachronistic Hybrid Experiment or One of the First Immobile Traveler Devices?
Giusy Pisano
 
6. The "Silent" Arts: Modern Pantomime and the Making of an Art Cinema in Belle Époque Paris. The Case of Georges Wague and Germaine Dulac
Tami Williams
 
II Early Cinema Discourses
 
7. First Discourses on Film and the Construction of a "Cinematic Episteme"
François Albera
 
8. The Discourses of Art in Early Film, or, Why Not Rancière?
Rob King
 
9. Sensationalism and Early Cinema
Annemone Ligensa
 
10. From Craft to Industry: Series and Serial Production Discourses and Practices in France
Laurent Le Forestier
 
11. Awareness of Film, Language and Self in Early American Film Publications
Santiago Hidalgo
 
12. Early Cinema and Film Theory
Roger Odin
 
III Early Cinema Forms
 
13. A Bunch of Violets
Ben Brewster
 
14. Modernity Stops at Nothing: The American Chase Film and the Specter of Lynching
Jan Olsson
 
15. "The Knowledge Which Comes in Pictures": Educational Films and Early Cinema Audiences
Jennifer Peterson
 
16. Motion Picture Color and Pathé-Frères: The Aesthetic Consequences of Industrialization
Charles O'Brien
 
IV Early Cinema Presentations
 
17. The European Fairground Cinema: (Re-)defining and (Re-)contextualizing the "Cinema of Attractions"
Joseph Garncarz
 
18. Early Film Programs: an Overture, Five Acts, and an Interlude
Richard Abel
 
19. "Half Real-Half Reel": Alternation Format Stage-and-Screen Hybrids
Gwendolyn Waltz
 
20. Advance Newspaper Publicity for the Vitascope and the Mass Address of Cinema's Reading Public
Paul S. Moore
 
21. Storefront Theater Advertising and the Evolution of the American Film Poster
Kathryn H. Fuller-Seeley
 
22. Bound by Cinematic Chains: Film and Prisons during the Early Era
Alison Griffiths
 
V Early Cinema Identities
 
23. Anonymity: Uncredited and Unknown in Early Cinema
Jane M. Gaines
 
24. The Invention of Cinematic Celebrity in Britain
Andrew Shail
 
25. The Film Lecturer
Germain Lacasse
 
26. Richard Hoffman: A Collector's Archive
Richard Koszarski
 
VI Early Cinema Recollections
 
27. Early Films in the Age of Content; or, "Cinema of Attractions" Pursued by Digital Means
Paolo Cherchi Usai
 
28. Multiple Originals: The (Digital) Restoration and Exhibition of Early Films
Giovanna Fossati
 
29. Pointing Forward, Looking Back: Reflexivity and Deixis in Early Cinema and Contemporary Installations
Nanna Verhoeff
 
30. Is Nothing New? Turn of the Century Epistemes in Film History
Thomas Elsaesser
 
Index

Commentaire

"This book is an authoritative reference on the field of early cinema.It includes work by established and up-and-coming scholars that offers the cutting-edge research and original perspectives. Its 30 chapters are a must-have reference for those working in field." ( Wonderpedia , 19 September 2013)

"It goes without saying that it deserves to be on the library shelves of institutions where the subject forms part of the academic curriculum." ( Reference Reviews , 1 June 2013)

"One of the strengths of this substantial companion is that it raises the issue of definition in a variety of provocative ways." ( Sight & Sound , 1 February 2013)

"The essays are well researched and display a refreshing diversity of approaches. Even as the discipline of cinema and media studies turns to newer media, early cinema continues to posses a certain allure." ( Nineteenth Century Theatre and Film , Summer 2013)

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Andre (EDT)/ Dulac Gaudreault, Andre (University of Montreal Gaudreault
• Collaboration: Nicolas Dulac (Editeur), Nicolas (University of Montreal Dulac (Editeur), Dulac Nicolas (Editeur), André Gaudreault (Editeur), Andre (University of Montreal Gaudreault (Editeur), Santiago Hidalgo (Editeur), Santiago (University of Montreal Hidalgo (Editeur), Hidalgo Santiago (Editeur)
• Edition: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 03.07.2012
• EAN: 9781444332315
• ISBN: 978-1-4443-3231-5
• Pages: 560
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Art > Photographie, cinéma, vidéo, TV; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences sociales en général; Kulturwissenschaften, Cultural Studies, Filmtheater, Film Studies, Filmforschung, History of Cinema, Geschichte des Filmtheaters