LEADER 02453nam 2200457Ia 450 001 9910450936903321 005 20200520144314.0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000254552 035 $a(EBL)179541 035 $a(OCoLC)271832508 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC179541 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL179541 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10165905 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL7213 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000254552 100 $a19950412d1996 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 200 14$aThe dream that kicks$b[electronic resource] $ethe prehistory and early years of cinema in Britain /$fMichael Chanan 205 $a2nd ed. 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d1996 215 $a1 online resource (256 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-11750-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBook Cover; Title; Contents; Author's note (first edition); Preface to the second edition; Acknowledgements; The site of film; The sight of film; The conditions of invention; Theories of perception; Photographic development; Patent business; Celluloid muse; The production of consumption; Music hall and popular culture; Culture and politics in the middle classes; Market competition and industrial growth; The foundations of the film idiom; Epilogue: The dream that kicks; Bibliography; Index 330 $aThe Dream the Kicks is a classic account of the prehistory and early years of cinema in Britain. In this new paperback edition, which has been thoroughly revised to take into account recent scholarship of early cinema, Michael Chanan provides a fasciniating account of the rich and hitherto hidden history of the origins of film. Chanan demonstrates that the theory of `the persistence of vision', which led to the invention of moving pictures, has been superceded by modern scientific findings. In its place, he puts forward a theory of invention as a type of bricolage, and sh 606 $aMotion pictures$zGreat Britain$xHistory 606 $aCinematography$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMotion pictures$xHistory. 615 0$aCinematography$xHistory. 676 $a791.430941 700 $aChanan$b Michael$0702112 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450936903321 996 $aThe dream that kicks$92464530 997 $aUNINA