The Griffith Project, Volume 6: Films Produced in 1912 (The Griffith Project Vols 1-12)

Paolo Cherchi Usai

ISBN 10: 0851709532 / ISBN 13: 9780851709536

Published by British Film Institute, 2002

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Griffith Project, Volume 6: Films Produced in 1912 (The Griffith Project Vols 1-12)
• Publisher: British Film Institute
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0851709532
• ISBN 13: 9780851709536
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
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Synopsis

1912 is the first "golden year" in the career of D.W. Griffith. There is still a wealth of treasures waiting to be uncovered in this year. Their reappraisal is one of the aims of this sixth installment in the multi-year research project commissioned by the Pordenone Silent Film Festival in Sacile.

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).