%0 Journal Article %1 abel_threshold_1985 %A Abel, Richard %D 1985 %J Cinema Journal %K film-studies film-theory france intellectual internalist world-war-i %N 1 %P 12--33 %T On the Threshold of French Film Theory and Criticism, 1915-1919 %V 25 %X Led by Emile Vuillermoz and Louis Delluc, between 1915 and 1919, French writing on the cinema developed into an autonomous discourse. Within that discourse there emerged a spectrum of "theories" of "narrative" film, a fascination with "description" through the concept of "photogenie" (later crucial to Andre Bazin and Jean Mitry), and alternative "musical", "plastic", and "poetic" "theories" of film construction.

@article{abel_threshold_1985, abstract = {Led by Emile Vuillermoz and Louis Delluc, between 1915 and 1919, French writing on the cinema developed into an autonomous discourse. Within that discourse there emerged a spectrum of "theories" of "narrative" film, a fascination with "description" through the concept of "photogenie" (later crucial to Andre Bazin and Jean Mitry), and alternative "musical", "plastic", and "poetic" "theories" of film construction.}, added-at = {2019-08-29T01:56:31.000+0200}, author = {Abel, Richard}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/249597168c01ed921755e8039bc3658a8/jpooley}, interhash = {34d18549f8038828b6af651aaa507423}, intrahash = {49597168c01ed921755e8039bc3658a8}, journal = {Cinema Journal}, keywords = {film-studies film-theory france intellectual internalist world-war-i}, number = 1, pages = {12--33}, timestamp = {2019-08-29T01:56:31.000+0200}, title = {On the {{Threshold}} of {{French Film Theory}} and {{Criticism}}, 1915-1919}, volume = 25, year = 1985 }