Product Description
From the Luminere Brothers' first public film screening at the end of the 19th century to the technical wizardry of the present day, the cinema has both recorded and created our history. This text is an anthology of the century of the moving image.
About the Author
Gilbert Adair is the author of such novels as
The Holy Innocents, winner of the Authors' Club First Novel Award, and
Love and Death on Long Island. His cinematic credentials include Hollywood's
Vietnam, an in-depth look at cinema's portrayal of the Vietnam War, and
Flickers, a celebration of the cinema's centenary.