Museum movies
Subtitle: the museum of modern art and the birth of art cinema
By: Haidee Wasson.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
Subjects: Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.). Film Library -- History; Motion pictures -- Preservation -- United States; Motion pictures -- United States -- History
Description: In 1935, the foundation of the Film Library of the Museum of Modern Art in New York marked the transformation of the film medium from a passing amusement to an enduring art form. Haidee Wasson maps the work of the MoMA film library as it pioneered the preservation of film & promoted the concept of art cinema.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-298) and index.