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Higgins, Maryellen; Oscherwitz, Dayna - Historical Dictionary of French Cinema - 9780810854918 - V9780810854918
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Historical Dictionary of French Cinema

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Description for Historical Dictionary of French Cinema Hardback. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts. Num Pages: 504 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; APF; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 150 x 37. Weight in Grams: 821.
It can be argued that cinema was created in France by Louis Lumière in 1895 with the invention of the cinématographe, the first true motion-picture camera and projector. While there were other cameras and devices invented earlier that were capable of projecting intermittent motion of images, the cinématographe was the first device capable of recording and externally projecting images in such a way as to convey motion. Early films such as Lumière's La Sortie de l'usine, a minute-long film of workers leaving the Lumière factory, captured the imagination of the nation and quickly inspired the likes of Georges Méliès, Alice ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
Series
Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts
Number of Pages
504
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810854918
SKU
V9780810854918
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About Higgins, Maryellen; Oscherwitz, Dayna
Dayna Oscherwitz is Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. MaryEllen Higgins is Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and English at the Greater Allegheny campus of the Pennsylvania State University.

Reviews for Historical Dictionary of French Cinema
Recommended....
Library Journal, 15 August 2007
...recommended...a useful reference for anyone involved in the film industry.
American Reference Books Annual, March 2008
Oscherwitz (French and francophone studies, Southern Methodist U.) and Higgins (comparative literature and film, Pennsylvania State U.) provide a dictionary of French film from the silent era to the present. The dictionary is meant ... Read more

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