Author: Vachel Lindsay Year: 1915 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Movies
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"In the field of film aesthetics, it is the first important American work, still important--The Art of the Moving Picture is astonishing." --Stanley Kauffmann
Written in 1915, The Art of the Moving Picture by poet Vachel Lindsay is the first book to treat movies as art. Lindsay writes a brilliant analysis of the early silent films (including several now lost films). He is extraordinarily prescient about the future of moviemaking--particularly about the business, the prominence of technology, and the emergence of the director as the author of the film.
Contents
A word from the Director of the Denver Art Association
BOOK I: THE GENERAL PHOTOPLAY SITUATION IN AMERICA, JANUARY 1, 1922, ESPECIALLY AS VIEWED FROM THE HEIGHTS OF THE CIVIC CENTRE AT DENVER, COLORADO, AND THE DENVER ART MUSEUM, WHICH IS TO BE A LEADING FEATURE OF THIS CIVIC CENTRE
BOOK II: THE OUTLINE WHICH HAS BEEN ACCEPTED AS THE BASIS OF PHOTOPLAY CRITICISM IN AMERICA, BOTH IN THE STUDIOS OF THE LOS ANGELES REGION, AND ALL THE SERIOUS CRITICISM WHICH HAS APPEARED IN THE DAILY PRESS AND THE MAGAZINES The Point of View The Photoplay of Action The Intimate Photoplay The Motion Picture of Fairy Splendor The Picture of Crown Splendor The Picture of Patriotic Splendor The Picture of Religious Splendor Sculpture-in-Motion Painting-in-Motion Furniture, Trappings, and Inventions in Motion Architecture-in-Motion Thirty Differences between the Photoplays and the Stage Hieroglyphics
BOOK III: MORE PERSONAL SPECULATIONS AND AFTERTHOUGHTS NOT BROUGHT FORWARD SO DOGMATICALLY
The Orchestra, Conversation, and the Censorship The Substitute for the Saloon California and America Progress and Endowment Architects as Crusaders On Coming Forth by Day The Prophet-Wizard The Acceptable year of the Lord
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