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Although cinema was increasingly dominated by special-effects films such as Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Jurassic Park (1993) and Titanic (1997), the latter of which became the highest-grossing film of all time at the time up until Avatar (2009), also directed by James Cameron, independent films like Steven Soderbergh's Sex, Lies, and ...
French astronomer P.J.C. Janssen came up with the idea for a "revolver to shoot the individual". This huge camera system used a Maltese cross-type mechanism, very similar to the system that would later be of great importance in the development of movie cameras.
An Amorous History of the Silver Screen: Shanghai Cinema, 1896–1937 is a 2005 book by Zhang Zhen published by the University of Chicago Press.Based on her doctoral dissertation, it employs Miriam Hansen's concept of "vernacular modernism" to explore the first four decades of the cinema of China, with particular focus on Shanghai.
The year 1937 in film involved some significant events, including the Walt Disney production of the first American full-length animated film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Top-grossing films (U.S.)
The health benefits of this cinema food are generally low, and have been debated for years. Owner of Sony Pictures , Michael Lynton, has been one of the chief arguers over this, and has wanted cinemas worldwide to stop providing this junk food and instead provide healthier alternatives, like crudités, smoothies, nuts, granola bars and additive ...
Evolution of 20th Century logos throughout the years. The following are lists of 20th Century Studios films by decade: ... This page was last edited on 24 August 2024
Animator/director Bob Clampett designed Porky Pig (1935) and Daffy Duck (1937) and was responsible for much of the energetic animation and irreverent humor associated with the series. The 1930s also saw early anonymous incarnations of characters who would later become Elmer Fudd (1937/1940) and Bugs Bunny (1938/1940).
New Hollywood Cinema: An Introduction. New York: Columbia University Press, 2002. Merritt, Greg. Celluloid Mavericks: A History of American Independent Film. Thunder's Mouth Press, 2001. Musser, Charles (1990). The Emergence of Cinema: The American Screen to 1907. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. ISBN 0-684-18413-3. Nowell-Smith, Geoffrey, ed.