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Silent Cinema: A Guide to Study, Research and Curatorship

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Longlisted for the 2020 Kraszna—Krauz Foundation's Moving Image Book Award

Paolo Cherchi Usai provides a comprehensive introduction to the study, research and preservation of silent cinema from its heyday in the early 20th century to its present day flourishing. He traces the history of the moving image in its formative years, from Edison's and Lumière's first experiments to the dawn of 'talkies'; provides a clear guide to the basics of silent film technology; introduces the technical and cr...