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Studios before the system : architecture, technology, and the emergence of cinematic space / Brian R. Jacobson.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Film and culturePublisher: New York : Columbia University Press, [2015]Description: xii, 295 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780231172806 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780231172813 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 384
LOC classification:
  • PN 1993.5.U6 J17s 2015
Contents:
Introduction: studios and systems -- Black boxes and open-air stages: film studio technology and environmental control from the laboratory to the rooftop -- Georges Meliáes's "glass house": cineplasticity for a human-built world -- Dark studios and daylight factories: building cinema in New York City -- Studio factories and studio cities: Paris's cites du cinema and the inconsistency of modernity -- The studio beyond the studio: nature, technology, and location in Southern California -- Conclusion: more than "dream factories".
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Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) PN 1993.5.U6 J17s 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 3 Available 00000117587

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-286) and index.

Includes filmography.

Introduction: studios and systems -- Black boxes and open-air stages: film studio technology and environmental control from the laboratory to the rooftop -- Georges Meliáes's "glass house": cineplasticity for a human-built world -- Dark studios and daylight factories: building cinema in New York City -- Studio factories and studio cities: Paris's cites du cinema and the inconsistency of modernity -- The studio beyond the studio: nature, technology, and location in Southern California -- Conclusion: more than "dream factories".

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