| Description |
xxiv, 872 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 808-864) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Part One: The red velvet seat -- Introduction -- Seeing or being seen -- Touring the audience -- Why we go to the movies -- The spectatrix -- Part Two: What was cinema? --Introduction -- Film aesthetics and the other arts -- Part Three: Cinema as power -- Introduction -- Futurology -- Captive minds -- Enlightenment without tears -- Means of control -- Part Four: The critic's hat -- Introduction -- Naming the object -- Reviewing -- The star -- Film as the national barometer -- In the shadow of war -- The limits of criticism -- Part Five: Cinema as a job -- Introduction -- A job for whom? -- The actress and adventuress -- The screenwriter -- The director -- Working in the auditorium. |
| Summary |
The significance of women's early contributions to the cinema is explored in this volume. It includes essays taken from a wide variety of sources in a historical context. |
| Subject |
Motion pictures.
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Motion pictures. |
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Motion pictures and women.
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Motion pictures and women. |
| Added Author |
Lant, Antonia, 1956-
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Periz, Ingrid.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Red velvet seat. London ; New York : Verso, 2006 (OCoLC)607167852 |
| ISBN |
9781844671199 (hardback) |
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1844671194 (hardback) |
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9781859847220 (paperback) |
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1859847226 (paperback) |
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