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A short introduction though this may be, in eschewing the common textbook structure of plotting a few disparate movements in film history, it manages to construct instead a nuanced and impressively cohesive picture of the diversity of silent cinemas and their cultures. * Frames *

Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Going to the Pictures
2. Germany: Beyond “Expressionism”
3. Russia: “Of all the arts, the most important for us is the cinema”
4. America: Continuity and Dominance
5. Britain: Looking Two Ways
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

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      Publisher: Columbia University Press
      Publication Date: 05/09/2017
      ISBN13: 9780231181181, 978-0231181181
      ISBN10: 0231181183
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      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      A short introduction though this may be, in eschewing the common textbook structure of plotting a few disparate movements in film history, it manages to construct instead a nuanced and impressively cohesive picture of the diversity of silent cinemas and their cultures. * Frames *

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgements
      Introduction
      1. Going to the Pictures
      2. Germany: Beyond “Expressionism”
      3. Russia: “Of all the arts, the most important for us is the cinema”
      4. America: Continuity and Dominance
      5. Britain: Looking Two Ways
      Conclusion
      Bibliography
      Index

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