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When Movies Were Theater

Paperback • 2016 • 1. edition

When Movies Were Theater

By William Paul

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About the book

There was a time when seeing a movie meant more than seeing a film. The theater itself shaped the very perception of events on screen. This multilayered history tells the story of American film through the evolution of theater architecture and the surprisingly varied ways movies were shown, ranging from Edison's 1896 projections to the 1968 Cinerama premiere of Stanley Kubrick's 2001. William Paul matches distinct architectural forms to movie styles, showing how cinema's roots in theater influen...Show more

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9780231176576

Publisher

Columbia University Press

Published year

2016

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When Movies Were Theater

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