There was a time when seeing a movie meant more than seeing a film. The theater itself shaped the very perception of events on screen. This multilayered history tells the story of American film through the evolution of theater architecture and the surprisingly varied ways movies were shown, ranging from Edison's 1896 projections to the 1968 Cinerama premiere of Stanley Kubrick's 2001. William Paul matches distinct architectural forms to movie styles, showing how cinema's roots in theater influenced business practices, exhibition strategies, and film technologies.
- ISBN10 0231541376
- ISBN13 9780231541374
- Publish Date 24 May 2016
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Columbia University Press
- Format eBook (EPUB)
- Pages 432
- Language English