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Seductive Cinema The Art of Silent Film James Card |
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A distinguished film historian takes a personal look at this rich genre—now in paperback! In Seductive Cinema, James Card-pioneer collector of silents since the twenties, founder of the motion-picture archive at the George Eastman House, and cofounder of the Telluride Film Festival—offers an exhilarating and richly illustrated celebration of silent movies. His lively reevaluation sheds new light on the art, directors, cinematographers, and stars of the great silent films. "The film buff James Card has devoted his career to preserving and popularizing silents, and his doting history, Seductive Cinema, follows the genre from the Lumière brothers to Garbo, Dietrich, and Swanson. He unleashes a torrent of trivia on the making of such classics as 'Manhandled,' 'Stage Struck,' and 'Flesh and the Devil,' and provides a glamourous glut of photos." —New Yorker "Seductive Cinema is James Card's tale of a medium and a passion. By the end, you too will be a willing captive." —New York Times "An excellent history of silent film that clears away a lot of the bunk that has been written about that era. As the founder of the George Eastman House, Card writes with the authority of someone who has seen all there is to see and is not out to ingratiate himself with lesser scholars. Overviews of the silent film era that are this well-written, impassioned, considered and accurate are rare. Those searching for an introduction to the silent era need look no further, while others, familiar with the era, will find in Seductive Cinema a valuable critical reappraisal. Card's passion for his subject enables him to write with eloquence and insight in every chapter, whether he's discussing the work of a particular actor or director or waxing poetic on the virtues of the close-up." —San Francisco Chronicle “An eloquently presented historical journey.” —Film and History "Quirky, crotchety, fascinating." —New York Times Book Review "James Card is one of the unsung heroes of American movies. . . . Seductive Cinema is a dazzlingly written, nonacademic study of silent movies told from a highly personal point of view. In its tacit refusal to accept D. W. Griffith as the founding father of motion pictures and its reassessment of the female image in silent movies, it's also an important revisionist history." —Interview "An exhilarating potpourri of memories, anecdotes, information, pleas for film preservation and appreciations, sure to spark new interest in silent cinema." —Washington Post James Card was director of the Department of Film at the George Eastman House of Photography in Rochester, N.Y. for twenty-nine years. The 1998 Telluride Film Festival was dedicated to him, the latest of many honors accorded him during his remarkable career. A 1994 New York Times Notable Book 336 Pages | 166 black-and-white photos | 6 1/4 x 9 3/8 | 1999 |
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$19.95 Paper