"This book provides essential documentation of all known Edison films made between 1890 and 1900. Thomas Edison and his associates at the Edison Laboratory in W

"Analyzing a variety of films, video pieces, and performances, Sven Lütticken evaluates the impact that our changing experience of time has had on the actualiz

Film is considered to be the dominant art form of the twentieth century. It can be considered many other things; a record of events, a modern mythology, a caree

"Commissioned for and sponsored by the National Film Preservation Board."