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The dream that kicks : the prehistory and early years of cinema in Britain

Paperback • 1996 • English

The dream that kicks : the prehistory and early years of cinema in Britain

By Michael Chanan

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About the book

The Dream the Kicks is a classic account of the prehistory and early years of cinema in Britain. In this new paperback edition, which has been thoroughly revised to take into account recent scholarship of early cinema, Michael Chanan provides a fasciniating account of the rich and hitherto hidden history of the origins of film. Chanan demonstrates that the theory of `the persistence of vision', which led to the invention of moving pictures, has been superceded by modern scientific findings. In ...Show more

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ISBN

9780415117500

Publisher

London : Routledge

Published year

1996

Language

English

Original title

The dream that kicks : the prehistory and early years of cinema in Britain

Format

Paperback

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