The Griffith Project, Volume 4: Films Produced in 1910 - Hardcover

Usai, Paolo Cherchi

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0851708056 ISBN 13: 9780851708058

Publisher: British Film Institute, 2000

Synopsis

The fourth volume of "The Griffith Project" looks at the films produced by D.W.Griffith at the Biograph Company in 1910. There were 86 films in all and they represent a period of creativity for the director, and they have been systematically analyzed in this volume.

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About the Author

Paolo Cherchi Usai is Senior Curator of the Motion Picture Department and director of the L. Jeffrey Selznick School of Film Preservation at the George Eastman House in Rochester, New York, USA, and founder of the annual Pordenone Silent Film Festival. Cherchi Usai's publications include The Griffith Project, co-published by the British Film Institute and Le Giornate, in 12 volumes (1996-2012); The Death of Cinema: History, Cultural Memory, and the Digital Dark Age (2001); and Burning Passions: An Introduction to the Study of Silent Cinema (1994).

From the Back Cover

The new, fourth volume of The Griffith Project is devoted to the films produced by Griffith at the Biograph Company in 1910. 86 films in all, they represent a period of extraordinary creative fertility for the director. Films such as "The Unchanging Sea, Ramona," and "The House with Closed Shutters "rank among the best he ever made.

Reviews

This volume covers just one year (86 films!) in the career of D. W. Griffith. Previous volumes surveyed 1907 to 1909, and there will be a new volume every year until the project is complete. Entries are alphabetical by film title and include production details, synopses, and analysis. RBB
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Edition details

• Publisher: British Film Institute
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0851708056
• ISBN 13: 9780851708058
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304