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When movies were theater : architecture, exhibition, and the evolution of American film
- Title
- When movies were theater : architecture, exhibition, and the evolution of American film / William Paul.
- Author
- Paul, William, 1944-
- Publication
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]
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- Description
- xvi, 422 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- There was a time when seeing a movie meant more than seeing a film. The theater itself shaped the very perception of events onscreen. This multilayered history tells the story of American film through the evolution of theater architecture and the surprisingly varied ways movies were shown, ranging from Edison's 1896 projections to the 1968 Cinerama premiere of Stanley Kubrick's '2001'. The study matches distinct architectural forms to movie styles, showing how cinema's roots in theater influenced business practices, exhibition strategies, and film technologies.
- Series Statement
- Film and Culture Series
- Uniform Title
- Film and culture.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-411), filmography (pages 309-311) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: an art of the theater -- Making movies fit -- Store theaters: a radical break -- Palatial architecture, democratized audience -- Elite taste in a mass medium -- Uncanny theater -- The architectural screen -- Conclusion: Ontological fade-out -- Appendix 1: Stage shows and double features in select markets outside New York City -- Appendix 2: Feature films based on theatrical sources, 1914-2011 -- Abbreviations used for citations in notes.
- Call Number
- MFL 16-4357
- ISBN
- 9780231176569
- 0231176562
- 9780231176576
- 0231176570
- LCCN
- 2015044943
- OCLC
- 927446165
- Author
- Paul, William, 1944- author.
- Title
- When movies were theater : architecture, exhibition, and the evolution of American film / William Paul.
- Publisher
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Film and Culture SeriesFilm and culture.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-411), filmography (pages 309-311) and index.
- Research Call Number
- MFL 16-4357