Georges Melies

French Film Directors

Elizabeth Ezra, Diana Holmes, Robert Ingram , Bethan Hirst

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FOOTPRINT BOOKS
04 May 2000

Individual film directors, film-makers; Fiction-related items; Media Reference; Fantasy Biographical

Series: French Film Directors Series

Before the turn of the 20th-century, even before the first cinemas, Georges Melies began making movies. He directed, edited, produced, designed and starred in over 500 films between 1896 and 1912. Elizabeth Ezra explodes several myths about Melies's role in film history. Dismantling the long-held opposition between early film and what we see today, this text locates the roots of modern narrative cinema in Melies's work, identifying techniques of editing and mise-en-scene previously thought to have originated with D.W. Griffith.

By: Elizabeth Ezra
Series edited by: Diana Holmes, Robert Ingram
Other: Bethan Hirst
Imprint: FOOTPRINT BOOKS
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 11mm
Weight: 204g
ISBN: 9780719053962
ISBN 10: 071905396X
Series: French Film Directors Series
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 04 May 2000
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Other merchandise
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction - Narrative Attractions 1. Méliès does tricks 2. Fantastic realism 3. The amazinf flying woman 4. Imaginary voyages Conclusion -- .

Elizabeth Ezra teaches in the French Department at the University of Stirling

Reviews for Georges Melies (French Film Directors)

By demonstrating the richness and coherence of this auteur's works, Ezra proves that even 'primitive' films can be illuminated by sensibly applied contemporary theory. This critical explication gives Ezra's study the edge... -- Choice