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Mamoulian
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Hardback. Tom Milne's classic study of the great Armenian-American Director provides a film-by-film analysis of Mamoulian's film-making career, from Applause (1929) to Silk Stockings (1957), by way of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1931) and Queen Christina (1933). This new edition includes an introduction by Geoff Andrew. Series: BFI Silver. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 190 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
The great Armenian-American director Rouben Mamoulian (1897-1987) remains a favourite among film-makers, his films combining great technical originality with a uniquely poetic visual style. Mamoulian's technical innovations are evident from his first film, Applause (1923), in which he incorporated two separate soundtracks into one printing, thus overcoming the difficulty of sound levels which had frustrated the pioneer directors of 'talkies', and in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1931), in which he used synthetic sound painted directly onto the soundtrack. Such inventive solutions to film-making challenges were linked to Mamoulian's abiding sense of the magic of the cinema. ... Read more
The great Armenian-American director Rouben Mamoulian (1897-1987) remains a favourite among film-makers, his films combining great technical originality with a uniquely poetic visual style. Mamoulian's technical innovations are evident from his first film, Applause (1923), in which he incorporated two separate soundtracks into one printing, thus overcoming the difficulty of sound levels which had frustrated the pioneer directors of 'talkies', and in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1931), in which he used synthetic sound painted directly onto the soundtrack. Such inventive solutions to film-making challenges were linked to Mamoulian's abiding sense of the magic of the cinema. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Series
BFI Silver
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844573530
SKU
V9781844573530
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About Hardback
TOM MILNE was a leading British film Critic, contributing to Sight& Sound, the Monthly Film Bulletin, The Observer, The Financial Times and The Times during his career. During the 1960s he worked at the British Film Institute as Associate Editor of Sight& Sound and Editor of the Monthly Film Bulletin. In addition to his study of Mamoulian, published in the ... Read more
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