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- ISBN: 9780415117500 | 041511750X
- Cover: Nonspecific Binding
- Copyright: 12/18/1995
Film has taught us to see the world afresh, but it could not picture its own birth. InThe Dream That Kicks, Michael Chanan puts forward a theory of invention to show how cinematography was a product of the growing forces of nineteenth century capitalist production and traces the development of British cinema from its mystical origins in music halls to its emergence as a cultural commodity. The Dream That Kickscombines astute textual analysis of individual films with detailed archival work of the industry. It situates cinema within its wider context to produce a thought-provoking exploration of its cultural and ideological implications. This paperback edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to take into account orhte recent work on early cinema.