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Letterboxed the evolution of widescreen cinema

Title
Letterboxed [electronic resource] : the evolution of widescreen cinema / Harper Cossar.
Author
Cossar, Harper.
Publication
Lexington, KY : University Press of Kentucky, 2011.

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Description
1 online resource (x, 293 p.) : ill.
Uniform Title
Letterboxed (Online)
Alternative Title
Letterboxed (Online)
Subject
Wide-screen processes (Cinematography) > History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents
Introduction: snakes and funerals -- D.W. Griffith, Buster Keaton, Abel Gance, and the precursors of widescreen aesthetics -- Big trail, the bat whispers, and the invention of widescreen style in 1930 -- Emerging stylistic norms in CinemaScope: genre and authorship in the films of Otto Preminger, Nicholas Ray, Frank Tashlin, and Douglas Sirk -- Experiments, 1968, and the fractured screen -- New media, digitextuality, and widescreen -- Conclusion.
LCCN
2010044908
OCLC
ssj0000538524
Author
Cossar, Harper.
Title
Letterboxed [electronic resource] : the evolution of widescreen cinema / Harper Cossar.
Imprint
Lexington, KY : University Press of Kentucky, 2011.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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