Sure seaters
Subtitle: the emergence of art house cinema
By: Barbara Wilinsky.
Series: Commerce and mass culture series
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 178
Subjects: Motion picture theaters -- United States; Experimental films -- United States; Foreign films -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-172) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction. The Image of Culture: Art Houses and Film Exhibition 1; title: 1. Reading for Maximum Ambiguity: A Consideration of the Art Film 11; title: 2. Around the Corner from the Big Top: Contextualizing the Postwar Art House 41; title: 3. Limited Audience Appeal: Shaping the Art House Industry 63; title: 4. "Any Leisure That Looks Easy Is Suspect": Art House Audiences and the Search for Distinction 80; title: 5. "Demitasse Intermissions and Lobbies Hung with Paintings":The Techniques of Running an Art House 104; title: Conclusion. Ranges of Difference: Alternative Cultures in a Commercial Industry 128.