The Art of the Moving Picture

By Vachel Lindsay

Book Overview

"The Art of the Moving Picture" by Vachel Lindsay is a foundational text for anyone interested in the history and theory of film. A visionary exploration of motion pictures as a new art form, Lindsay's work provides invaluable insights into silent film, screenwriting, and film direction. This book, a cornerstone of film criticism, examines the potential of the moving picture and its impact on society. Discover Lindsay's pioneering perspectives on the development of cinema, exploring the aesthetics and narrative power of early motion pictures. A timeless resource for students, scholars, and film enthusiasts alike, this meticulously prepared print edition preserves Lindsay's crucial contribution to the understanding of film as art. Delve into the history of film and explore the foundations upon which modern cinema was built.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1022907212
• ISBN13: 9781022907218
• Release Date: March 2025
• Publisher: Anson Street Press
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

quite astonishing

Quite astonishing, wrote one critic, and this, often very dreamy, book of 1915!!! is exactly this. I am not a movie critic, just a reader and this book was a delight to read. It deals about the era of the silent movies, around 1915 when there were no Rambos or Terminators running across the screen with Qsound and computerised warping effects. It was the time when everything had to be expressed in gestures, like a moving picture book, because of the lack of sound.The author therefore comes with a lot of interesting theories and opinions of how a story could and should be elegantly communicated in a moving picture. He even comes up with a theory of why California is as crazy as Hollywood seems to most of us now.This work has to be a classic of movie pictures, just like The Art of War for the military, or Keynes for economics, and for people that are, like me, just interested readers of all kind of subjects, also highly recommended.