Main street movies : the history of local film in the United States / Martin L. Johnson, Monographie imprimée

Main Author: Johnson, Martin Louis, 19..-...., AuteurLanguage: anglais.Country: EtatsUnis.Publication : Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, copyright 2018Description: 1 vol. (xvii-294 p.) : ill., fac-sim., portr., couv. ill. ; 23 cmISBN: 978-0-253-03252-2; 978-0-253-03253-9.Series: Cinema and the American experienceDewey: 791.430 973Abstract: La 4e de couv. indique : "« See yourself in the movies! ». Prior to the advent of the home movie camera and the ubiquitousness of the camera phone, there was the local film. This cultural phenomenon, produced across the country from the 1890s to the 1950s, gave ordinary people a chance to be on the silver screen without leaving their hometowns. Through these movies, residents could see themselves in the same theaters where they saw major Hollywood motion pictures. Traveling filmmakers plied their trade in small towns and cities, where these films were received by locals as being part of the larger cinema experience. With access to the rare film clips under discussion, « Main Street Movies » documents the diversity and longevity of local film production and examines how itinerant filmmakers responded to industry changes to keep sponsors and audiences satisfied. From town pride films in the 1910s to Hollywood knockoffs in the 1930s, local films captured not just images of local people and places but also ideas about the function and meaning of cinema that continue to resonate today.".Bibliography: Bibliogr. p. 275-287. Notes bibliogr. en fin de chapitres. Filmogr. p. 261-274. Index.Subject - Topical Name: Cinéma indépendant, Production et réalisation -- États-Unis 1870-1914 | Cinéma indépendant, Production et réalisation -- États-Unis 1900-1945 | Films documentaires, Production et réalisation -- États-Unis 1870-1914 | Films documentaires, Production et réalisation -- États-Unis 1900-1945 | Industrie du cinéma, États-Unis 1870-1914 | Industrie du cinéma, États-Unis 1900-1945 | Petites villes -- Au cinéma -- États-Unis 1870-1914 | Petites villes -- Au cinéma -- États-Unis 1900-1945 Subject - Geographical Name: États-Unis, Moeurs et coutumes, 1865-1918 | États-Unis, Moeurs et coutumes, 1918-1945
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Bibliogr. p. 275-287. Notes bibliogr. en fin de chapitres. Filmogr. p. 261-274. Index

La 4e de couv. indique : "« See yourself in the movies! ». Prior to the advent of the home movie camera and the ubiquitousness of the camera phone, there was the local film. This cultural phenomenon, produced across the country from the 1890s to the 1950s, gave ordinary people a chance to be on the silver screen without leaving their hometowns. Through these movies, residents could see themselves in the same theaters where they saw major Hollywood motion pictures. Traveling filmmakers plied their trade in small towns and cities, where these films were received by locals as being part of the larger cinema experience. With access to the rare film clips under discussion, « Main Street Movies » documents the diversity and longevity of local film production and examines how itinerant filmmakers responded to industry changes to keep sponsors and audiences satisfied. From town pride films in the 1910s to Hollywood knockoffs in the 1930s, local films captured not just images of local people and places but also ideas about the function and meaning of cinema that continue to resonate today."

Introduction: Defining the local film One. The silent pageant: municipal booster films Two. The home talent film and the origins of itinerancy Three. "How movies are made": Hollywood and the local film Four. Itinerants « Adopt a baby »: the local Hollywood film and the operational aesthetic Five. Kidnapping the « Movie queen »: amateur aesthetics as cultural critique Six. The cameraman has visited your town: the local film and the politics of recognition Seven. Every town has its main street: the banal localism of the civic film Eight. Reclaiming the local film: artifacts, archives, and audiences Conclusion: See your town disappear: the historicity of the local film

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