Main entry:

Paul, William, 1944- author.

Title & Author:

When movies were theater : architecture, exhibition, and the evolution of American film / William Paul.

Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]
©2016

Description:

xvi, 422 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Series:

Film and Culture Series

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
Introduction : An art of the theater -- Making movies fit -- Store theaters: a radical break -- Palatial architecture, democratized audience -- Elite taste in a mass medium -- Uncanny theater -- The architectural screen -- Conclusion : Ontological fade-out -- Appendix 1. Stage shows and double features in select markets outside New York City -- Appendix 2. Feature films based on theatrical sources, 1914-2011 -- Appendix 3. Filmography -- Appendix 4. List of theaters.

Summary:

There was a time when seeing a movie meant more than seeing a film. The theater itself shaped the very perception of events onscreen. This multilayered history tells the story of American film through the evolution of theater architecture and the surprisingly varied ways movies were shown, ranging from Edison's 1896 projections to the 1968 Cinerama premiere of Stanley Kubrick's '2001'. The study matches distinct architectural forms to movie styles, showing how cinema's roots in theater influenced business practices, exhibition strategies, and film technologies.

ISBN:

9780231176569 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
0231176562 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
9780231176576 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
0231176570 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
(electronic book)
9780231541374

Subject:

Kino
Space and time in motion pictures.
Motion pictures and architecture.
Motion picture theaters.
Theater architecture.
Espace et temps au cinéma.
Cinéma et architecture.
Architecture des théâtres.
Architektur
Filmvorführung
Arkitektur och film.
Biografer, USA.
USA

Added entries:

Film and culture.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 293418
Call No.: BIB 238341
Status: Available