Lindsay, Vachel
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"In the field of film aesthetics, it is the first important American work, still important--The Art of the Moving Picture is astonishing."
--Stanley K
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Written in 1915, The Art of the Moving Picture by poet Vachel Lindsay is the first book to treat movies as art. Lindsay writes a brilliant analysis of the early silent films (including several now lost films). He is extraordinarily prescient about the future of moviemaking--particularly about the business, the prominence of technology, and the emergence of the director as the author of the film.
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Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Month-Year
Mar, 2000
ISBN
ISBN-13: 9780375756139
ISBN-10: 0375756132
Language
English
No. of Pages
232
Format
Paperback
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