Description
Bryony Dixon draws on unique material, including illustrations from the British Film Institute archive to tell the story of the beginning of film in Britain.
About the Author
Bryony Dixon is curator of silent film at the BFI National Archive. She is the author of 100 Silent Films (BFI Screen Guides, 2011) and has written numerous articles and book chapters on silent cinema and archiving. She is co-director of the British Silent Film Festival and has programmed films for many international festivals. She has been lead curator on a number of the BFI's recent film restorations, including Underground (1928), Shooting Stars (1927), Epic of Everest (1924), The Great White Silence (1924), all nine surviving Hitchcock silent films and the BFI's large format Victorian films.
Reviews
9781911239611 * Sight and Sound *
Bryony Dixon has been instrumental in bringing the BFI Archive's unique collection of Victorian films to the widest possible audience. In this beautifully illustrated book, she provides these potent and often undervalued historical documents with a thoughtful and informative commentary. -- Barry Anthony, co-author of A Victorian Film Enterprise (1999)
Bryony Dixon brings to life the marvels of Victorian cinema in this book. Providing a field-guide to the different genres of the period, this is the perfect accompaniment to the newly digitized treasures from the BFI National Archive. -- Malcolm Cook, University of Southampton, UK
Bursting with great stories and enterprising characters, this book makes a convincing, and very entertaining, case for pausing to savour cinema's first decade. In this page-turning survey of innovations, ingenuity and vital sparks of imagination, we see the seeds of all cinematic life to come. -- Pamela Hutchinson, author of The Red Shoes and Pandora's Box (BFI Film Classics)
With verve and intelligence, Bryony Dixon provides a comprehensive introduction to Victorian cinema, setting these films in historical context while proving that the past is much closer, and more familiar, than we think. Her intimate knowledge of these gems makes her the ideal guide. -- Jay Weissberg, director, The Pordenone Silent Film Festival
Book Information
ISBN 9781911239611
Author Bryony Dixon
Format Paperback
Page Count 192
Imprint BFI Publishing
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC