The early years of film were dominated by competition between inventors in America and France, especially Thomas Edison and the Lumière brothers . But while th

The story of how the motion-picture device was developed, and its role in Victorian society and early cinema. The position of the kinetoscope in film history is

A stimulating overview of the intellectual arguments and critical debates involved in the study of British and Irish cinemas British and Irish film studies have

The early years of film were dominated by competition between inventors in America and France, especially Thomas Edison and the Lumière brothers . But while th

This is the first book to provide a direct and comprehensive account of British art cinema. Film history has tended to view British filmmakers as aesthetically