WIDESCREEN CINEMA (HARVARD FILM STUDIES) by Belton, John - 1992

Harvard University Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Paperback. Very Good.

Harvard University Press, 1992-11. Paperback. Good.

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Harvard University Press, Cambridge MA 1992. 23.0 x 19.0cms, 300pp, b/w illusts, very good paperback & cover This book covers: the widescreen's evolution from novelty to norm; wide screen & the general audience; the leisured masses; cinerama; cinemascope; the development of cinemascope; Todd-AO; spectator & screen; the shape of money.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1992. First Edition. Very Good/No DJ. 12mo = 7-9". n/a. Printing Not Spec. Trade paperback. Pictorial softcover. Some bumping to corners. Clean interior and exterior, bright white pages with illustrations and pictures of topics. Strong and tight binding.

Cambridge MA/London: Harvard University Press. Near Fine. 1992. 1st Edition (softcover issue). Softcover. [very slight bumping to upper corners, resulting in slight bending of first few and last few upper page corners; otherwise a nice clean book, virtually as new]. Trade PB (B&W photographs, facsimiles) "Beginning with film's progress from peepshow to projection in 1896 and focusing on crucial stages in film history, such as the advent of sound, [the author] puts widescreen cinema into its proper cultural context. He shows how Cinerama, CinemaScope, VistaVision, Todd-AO, and other widescreen processes marked significant changes in the conditions of spectatorship after World War II -- and how the film industry itself sought to redefine those conditions. The technical, the economic, the social, the aesthetic -- every aspect of the changes shaping and reshaping film comes under Belton's scrutiny as he reconstructs the complex history of widescreen cinema and relates this… Read More

Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. 1992. First Edition; Second Printing. Softcover. 0674952618 . Fine in wraps. ; Harvard Film Studies; 8.9 X 7.4 X 0.9 inches; 312 pages .

Harvard University Press. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!