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Georges Melies
Paperback / softback
Main Details
| Title |
Georges Melies
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Elizabeth Ezra
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| Series | French Film Directors Series |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:176 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129 |
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| Category/Genre | Individual film directors and film-makers |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780719053962
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| Classifications | Dewey:791.430233092 |
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| Audience | | Undergraduate | | Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly | | Professional & Vocational | | General | |
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| Illustrations |
Illustrations, black & white
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Manchester University Press
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| Imprint |
Manchester University Press
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| Publication Date |
4 May 2000 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Before the turn of the 20th-century, even before the first cinemas, Georges Melies began making movies. He directed, edited, produced, designed and starred in over 500 films between 1896 and 1912. Elizabeth Ezra explodes several myths about Melies's role in film history. Dismantling the long-held opposition between early film and what we see today, this text locates the roots of modern narrative cinema in Melies's work, identifying techniques of editing and mise-en-scene previously thought to have originated with D.W. Griffith.
Author Biography
Elizabeth Ezra teaches in the French Department at the University of Stirling -- .
Reviews"By demonstrating the richness and coherence of this auteur's works, Ezra proves that even 'primitive' films can be illuminated by sensibly applied contemporary theory. This critical explication gives Ezra's study the edge..." -- "Choice"
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