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The Story of Victorian Film

English

By (author): Bryony Dixon

In this vivid and accessible new account of the dawn of film in Britain, internationally respected film historian and curator Bryony Dixon introduces us to Britain's first cinematic pioneers an eclectic mix of chemists, engineers, photography enthusiasts, fairground showmen and magicians who in a few short years built a vibrant new industry. As she chronicles the emergence of the first embryonic film forms and genres, she reveals often surprising innovations, from cutting-edge science to ingeniously witty tricks and comedies, with filmmakers reflecting existing entertainment forms as well as advancing editing and cinematography in ways that shaped the art of film for many decades after. Dixon offers fresh insights by focusing on the films themselves many of them only recently available to view while building on the work of generations of scholars. In the process, Dixon makes a compelling case for the British filmmakers of the era as inventive and creative figures, every bit as influential as their more celebrated contemporaries in France and the US. See more
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Product Details
  • Dimensions: 170 x 216mm
  • Publication Date: 07 Sep 2023
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781911239611

About Bryony Dixon

Bryony Dixon is curator of silent film at the BFI National Archive. She is the author of 100 Silent Films (BFI Screen Guides 2011) and has written numerous articles and book chapters on silent cinema and archiving. She is co-director of the British Silent Film Festival and has programmed films for many international festivals. She has been lead curator on a number of the BFIs recent film restorations including Underground (1928) Shooting Stars (1927) Epic of Everest (1924) The Great White Silence (1924) all nine surviving Hitchcock silent films and the BFIs large format Victorian films.

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