The Dream That Kicks: The Prehistory and Early Years of Cinema in Britain

by Michael Chanan

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Film has taught us to see the world afresh, but it could not picture its own birth. In "The Dream That Kicks," Michael Chanan puts forward a theory of invention to show how cinematography was a product of the growing forces of nineteenth century capitalist production and traces the development of British cinema from its mystical origins in music halls to its emergence as a cultural commodity. "The Dream That Kicks" combines astute textual analysis...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0710003196

ISBN13:9780710003195

Release Date:January 1980

Publisher:Routledge & Kegan Paul Books

Length:353 Pages

Weight:1.25 lbs.

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