Description
In an essay designed as a collection of aphorisms and letters, the author brings scrutiny to bear on a range of issues with a critique of film preservation, an indictiment of the crimes perpetuated in its name, and a proposal to give a new analytical framework to a cultural phenomenon.
Author: Paolo Cherchi Usai
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 06/26/2001
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 9.07h x 6.30w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9780851708379
ISBN10: 0851708374
BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Film | History & Criticism
- Social Science | Popular Culture
Author: Paolo Cherchi Usai
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 06/26/2001
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 9.07h x 6.30w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9780851708379
ISBN10: 0851708374
BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Film | History & Criticism
- Social Science | Popular Culture
About the Author
Paolo Cherchi Usai is Senior Curator of the Motion Picture Department at George Eastman House and Director of the L. Jeffrey Selznick School of Film Preservation. He is the author of Burning Passions (bfi, 1994) which was published in a revised edition by the bfi in 2000, entitled Silent Cinema: An Introduction.