Museum movies : the Museum of Modern Art and the birth of art cinema
Wasson, Haidee, 1970-2005
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In 1935, the foundation of the Film Library of the Museum of Modern Art in New York marked the transformation of the film medium from a passing amusement to an enduring art form. Haidee Wasson maps the work of the MoMA film library as it pioneered the preservation of film & promoted the concept of art cinema.
Main title:
Museum movies : the Museum of Modern Art and the birth of art cinema / Haidee Wasson.
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Imprint:
Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press, 2005.
Collation:
xiii, 314 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-298) and index.
ISBN:
9780520241312 (pbk)9780520227774 (hbk)
Dewey class:
026.79143097471
Language:
English
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BRN:
1180687