Silent cinema : an introduction /
Cherchi Usai, Paolo.
Cherchi Usai, Paolo.Burning passions.
British Film Institute.
London : BFI Pub.,
2000.
"A ground-breaking event in the rediscovery of silent cinema, Burning Passions (1991) has become a classic in film studies, a reference tool of enduring value for all cinema lovers, and the ideal beginners' guide to the early years of the moving image and the art and science of its restoration ... [Silent cinema: an introduction is] a thoroughly revised and expanded version." - Cover.
"Originally translated by Emma Sansone Rittle but largely modified and added to by the author for this edition"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Romance of Celluloid - The Way of All Flesh Tones - Ethics of Film Preservation - Raiders of the Lost Nitrate - F for Filmography - Histoire de Détective - Film History Pursued by Other Means.
"A ground-breaking event in the rediscovery of silent cinema, Burning Passions (1991) has become a classic in film studies, a reference tool of enduring value for all cinema lovers, and the ideal beginners' guide to the early years of the moving image and the art and science of its restoration ... [Silent cinema: an introduction is] a thoroughly revised and expanded version." - Cover.
Silent films