Georges Méliès

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by Elizabeth Ezra

Type

Studies

Subject

Director > Georges Méliès

Keywords

Georges Méliès

Publishing date

2000

Publisher

Manchester University Press

Collection

French Film Directors

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 208 pages
5 x 8 inches (12.5 x 20.5 cm)

ISBN-10
ISBN-13

0-7190-5396-X
978-0-7190-5396-2

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Book Presentation:
Before the turn of the twentieth century, before the nickelodeon, even before the first cinemas, Georges M li's began making movies. Directing, editing, producing, designing, and starring in over 500 films between 1896 to 1912, M li's was also the first cinematic auteur. This is the first study of M li s's films to appear in English in over twenty years and the only book to interpret his work using the tools of modern film analysis. Locates the roots of modern narrative cinema in M li s's work, identifying techniques of editing and mise-en-sc ne previously thought to have originated with D. W. Griffith.

About the Author:
Elizabeth Ezra teaches in the French Department at the University of Stirling

Press Reviews:
"By demonstrating the richness and coherence of this auteur's works, Ezra proves that even 'primitive' films can be illuminated by sensibly applied contemporary theory. This critical explication gives Ezra's study the edge..." -- Choice

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