The Griffith Project, Volume 2: Films Produced in January-June 1909 (The Griffith Project Vols 1-12)

Usai, Paolo Cherchi

ISBN 10: 0851707483 / ISBN 13: 9780851707488

Published by British Film Institute, 1999

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Griffith Project, Volume 2: Films Produced in January-June 1909 (The Griffith Project Vols 1-12)
• Publisher: British Film Institute
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0851707483
• ISBN 13: 9780851707488
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Film/Music/Theatre/media

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Synopsis

Silent film director D.W. Griffith is the subject of this study. Only a small group of his more than 500 films are subject to analysis. The creative output of Griffiths from 'Professional Jealousy' (1907) to 'The Struggle' (1931) is explored.

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).