{"product_id":"magnificent-melies-9780472132584","title":"Magnificent Méliès","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe films of Georges Melies (1861-1938) are landmarks in the early history of narrative filmmaking and cinematic special effects. He was a harbinger of modern aesthetics and media manipulation, and this book, written by his granddaughter, is the only one that tells his full story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eList of Figures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEditor’s Acknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEditor’s Introduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAuthor’s Foreword\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1. Bootmaker to Queen Hortense\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2. The Dreams of a Student\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3. Early Adventures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4. An Introduction to Magic in London\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5. A Marriage Set in Motion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 6. Opponent of the “Brave General”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 7. Director of the ThÉ tre Robert-Houdin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 8. From La Griffe to the Moulin Rouge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 9. Spiritism, Catalepsy, Magnetism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 10. A New Passion: Jehanne d’Alcy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 11. Birth of the KinÉtographe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 12. The First Feature Film\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 13. All Kinds of Trick Effects\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 14. The Dreyfus Affair\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 15. 1900\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 16. Happy MÉliÈs!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 17. The Triumphant Years, 1902-1903\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 18. The “Genre MÉliÈs”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 19. Cinema Becomes an Industry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 20. The First Signs of Collapse\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 21. The Death of EugÉnie\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 22. Ruin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 23. Candy-Seller at the Gare Montparnasse\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 24. MÉliÈs, Lord of the Manor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 25. The End of a Pioneer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"The University of Michigan Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402715930967,"sku":"9780472132584","price":69.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780472132584.jpg?v=1730481313","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/magnificent-melies-9780472132584","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}