Everyday movies portable film projectors and the transformation of American culture

"Everyday Movies documents the twentieth-century rise of portable film projectors. It demonstrates that since World War II, the vast majority of movie-watching did not happen in the glow of the large screen. Rather, it unreeled alongside the glitches, distortions, and clickety-clack of small ma...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wasson, Haidee, 1970- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California University of California Press [2021]
Temas:
1900-1999
Motion picture projectors > History > 20th century.
Motion pictures > Technological innovations > History > 20th century.
Cinematography > United States > History > 20th century.
Projecteurs de cinéma > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Cinéma > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism
Cinematography
Motion picture projectors
Motion pictures > Technological innovations
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : portability and projectability
  • Engineering portability : the rise of suitcase cinema
  • Spectacular portability : cinema's exhibitionary complex, American industry, and the 1939 world's fair
  • Mobilizing portability : the American military and film projectors
  • Portable projectors and the electronic age
  • Epilogue : vectors of portable cinema

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