Burning Passions by Paolo Cherchi Usai
This text covers all aspects of the silent cinema, from its production to its life in books, magazines and in the heads of spectators. The author also leads readers through the problems of gauges, projection speeds and filmographies. A comprehensive bibliography lists the most reliable sources for information about silent cinema throughout the world, including libraries, archives and museums.
Usai, Paolo Cherchi: - Paolo Cherchi Usai is Senior Curator of the Motion Picture Department and director of the L. Jeffrey Selznick School of Film Preservation at the George Eastman House in Rochester, New York, USA, and founder of the annual Pordenone Silent Film Festival. Cherchi Usai's publications include The Griffith Project, co-published by the British Film Institute and Le Giornate, in 12 volumes (1996-2012); The Death of Cinema: History, Cultural Memory, and the Digital Dark Age (2001); and Burning Passions: An Introduction to the Study of Silent Cinema (1994).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780851704081 |
| ISBN 10 | 0851704085 |
| Title | Burning Passions |
| Author | Paolo Cherchi Usai |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 1994-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 128 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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