Magnificent M駘i鑚: The Authorized Biography (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780472132584)

The films of Georges M駘i鑚 (1861-1938) are landmarks in the early history of narrative filmmaking and cinematic special effects. He was a harbinger of modern aesthetics and media manipulation, and this book, written by his granddaughter, is the only one that tells his full story. Magnificent M駘i鑚 is a thoroughly researched but highly accessible book that is a crucial source for the scholar and an entertaining read for the nonspecialist. The core of the biography provides detailed accounts of M駘i鑚' filmmaking years (1896-1913), from his first motion pictures shortly after the public premiere of the Lumi鑽e Cin駑atographe through such worldwide successes as his film Voyage dans la Lune (A Trip to the Moon) and his eventual marginalization by the very industry he had helped to found. The biography also chronicles M駘i鑚' formative work as director of Paris's preeminent magic theater, the Th鰾tre Robert-Houdin; his subsequent career staging operettas for the Th鰾tre des Vari騁駸 Artistiques (1917-1923) in Montreuil on the site of one of his former film studios; and his later years selling toys and candy at the Gare Montparnasse (1926-1932) before being rediscovered by journalists and the avant-garde. These and other fascinating chapters highlight the remarkable range of M駘i鑚' creative work while suggesting how his singular life was nevertheless shaped by the seismic historical shifts of Second Empire and Third Republic France.

Author: Madeleine Malth黎e-M駘i鑚
ISBN-10: 047213258X
ISBN-13: 9780472132584
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2022
Pages: 402
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.65lbs
Size: 9.06h x 5.98w x 1.10d