The optical vacuum : spectatorship and modernized American theater architecture /
Between the 1920s and the 1960s, American mainstream cinematic architecture underwent a seismic shift. From the massive urban movie palace to the intimate streamlined theater, movie theatres became 'neutralized' spaces for calibrated, immersive watching. Leading this charge was New York ar...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford Uninversity Press,
[2018]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Between the 1920s and the 1960s, American mainstream cinematic architecture underwent a seismic shift. From the massive urban movie palace to the intimate streamlined theater, movie theatres became 'neutralized' spaces for calibrated, immersive watching. Leading this charge was New York architect Benjamin Schlanger, a fiery polemicist whose designs and essays reshaped how movies were watched. This text examines the impact of Schlanger's work in the context of changing patterns of spectatorship; his theatres and writing propose that the essence of film viewing lies not only in the text, but in the spaces where movies are shown. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780190689377 0190689374 9780190689391 0190689390 0190689358 9780190689353 9780190689360 0190689366 |