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When Movies Were Theater: Architecture, Exhibition, and the Evolution of American Film

When Movies Were Theater: Architecture, Exhibition, and the Evolution of American Film

Hardcover

Series: Film and Culture

Film StudiesArchitecture HistoryTheater History

ISBN10: 0231176562
ISBN13: 9780231176569
Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr
Published: May 24 2016
Pages: 432
Weight: 1.55
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
There was a time when seeing a movie meant more than seeing a film. The theater itself shaped the very perception of events on screen. 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. William Paul matches distinct architectural forms to movie styles, showing how cinema's roots in theater influenced business practices, exhibition strategies, and film technologies.

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