Burning passions : an introduction to the study of silent cinema / Paolo Cherchi Usai ; preface by Kevin Brownlow ; translated by Emma Sansone Rittle.

Main entry:

Cherchi Usai, Paolo.

Title & Author:

Burning passions : an introduction to the study of silent cinema / Paolo Cherchi Usai ; preface by Kevin Brownlow ; translated by Emma Sansone Rittle.

Publication:

London : British Film Institute, 1994.

Description:

x, 119 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Notes:
Translation of: Una passione infiammabile.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 108-119).
What is a silent film? -- Where are the films? -- Research material -- Viewing practice -- Silent cinema revisited.

ISBN:

0851704085 (pbk.)
9780851704081 (pbk.)
0851704077 (hard)
9780851704074 (hard)

Subject:

Silent films History and criticism.
Films muets Histoire et critique.
Silent films
Stummfilm
Stomme films.
Films muets Europe Histoire.
Films muets États-Unis Histoire.
Literature, mass media and performing arts.
Cinema Films (Motion pictures)

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Added entries:

Brownlow, Kevin.
Rittle, Emma Sansone.
British Film Institute.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 202156
Call No.: PN1995.75 .C4 1994
Status: Available

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