The Cinematic Apparatus

Front Matter....Pages i-x
The Cinematic Apparatus: Technology as Historical and Cultural Form....Pages 1-13
Cinema and Technology: A Historical Overview....Pages 14-25
The Industrial Context of Film Technology: Standardisation and Patents....Pages 26-37
Towards an Economic History of the Cinema: The Coming of Sound to Hollywood....Pages 38-46
Ideology and the Practice of Sound Editing and Mixing....Pages 47-60
The Post-War Struggle for Colour....Pages 61-75
Motion Perception in Motion Pictures....Pages 76-95
Flicker and Motion in Film....Pages 96-105
Implications of the Cel Animation Technique....Pages 106-120
Machines of the Visible....Pages 121-142
The Place of Visual Illusions....Pages 143-150
Technology and Ideology in/through/and Avant-Garde Film: An Instance....Pages 151-171
The Cinematic Apparatus: Problems in Current Theory....Pages 172-186
Through the Looking-Glass....Pages 187-202
Back Matter....Pages 203-213