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Article: A trip to the movies: 100 years of film as art. (includes related article on films released during the 1960s)(Cover Story)
- Article from:
- The Humanist
- Article date:
- January 1, 1996
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1996 American Humanist Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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"Film is the art of the twentieth century:" - Hans Richter. 1971 You can be grateful that my invention is not for sale. for it would undoubtedly ruin you:" - Auguste Lumiere, 1885 "It isn't worth it:" - Thomas Edison when asked if he wanted to extend the Kinescope copyright to England and France, 1891
A trip to the movies-is one of the most widely shared experiences in our cultUre; perhaps that is why we are so nonchalant about it. From near and far, as individUals, families, dates, or friends, we file sporadically into the movie theater, there gradually to merge into an audience. The house lights dim, the projector light bursts onto the screen, and we begin a ...