Studying Early and Silent Cinema (Auteur) - Hardcover

Withall, Keith

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1906733708 ISBN 13: 9781906733704

Publisher: Liverpool University Press, 2014

Synopsis

In this accessible introduction to early and silent cinema, which is currently enjoying a renaissance, both academically and in the popular imagination thanks to The Artist, Keith Withall provides both a comprehensive chronology of the period until the birth of sound and also a series of detailed case studies on the key films from the period – some well known (including Griffith's The Birth of a Nation, Eisenstein's Strike and Chaplin's The Kid), some perhaps less well familiar (including Murnau's The Last Laugh and Oscar Micheaux's Within Our Gates). As well as covering in detail the major film-making figures and nations of the period, the author also provides insights into the industry in less well documented areas. Throughout, the films and film-makers are placed in the context of rapid worldwide industrial change. (Please note this book is a revised and expanded version of Early and Silent Cinema: A Teacher's Guide, published by Auteur in 2007.)

About this title

About the Author:

Keith Withall is a UK-based film studies teacher and writer specialising in early and silent cinema.

About this edition

• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1906733708
• ISBN 13: 9781906733704
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 176