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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784904603321

Autore

Barber Stephen <1961->

Titolo

Abandoned images [[electronic resource] ] : film and film's end / / Stephen Barber

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Reaktion Books, 2010

ISBN

1-282-79603-8

9786612796036

1-86189-720-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (194 p.)

Disciplina

791.430979494

Soggetti

Motion picture theaters - California - Los Angeles - History

Motion picture theaters - Remodeling for other use - California - Los Angeles

Motion picture audiences - Attitudes

Motion pictures - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-189).

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Film and the end -- pt. 2. Abandoned images -- pt. 3. Abandoned eyes -- pt. 4. Film and film's end : resuscitated images.

Sommario/riassunto

Broadway Avenue in downtown Los Angeles contains an extraordinary collection of twelve abandoned film palaces, all built between 1910 and 1931. In most cities worldwide such a concentration of original cinema houses would have been demolished long ago-b