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Early Cinema Today

The Art of Programming and Live Performance

Various AuthorsSeries: KINtop Studies in Early Cinema
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Pages
159
Year
2012
Language
English

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A collection of essays exploring current issues in early film archiving, curation, and research.

Invented in the 1890s and premiered in Paris by the Lumière brothers, the cinematograph along with Louis Le Prince's single-lens camera projector are considered by film historians to be the precursors to modern-day motion picture devices. These early movies were often shown in town halls, on fairgrounds, and in theaters, requiring special showmanship skills to effectively work the equipment and entertain onlookers. Within the last decade, film archives and film festivals have unearthed this lost art and have featured outstanding examples of the culture of early cinema reconfigured for today's audiences.

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