Introduction

• Published in: Silent Cinema and the Politics of Space p. 15
• Main Author: Anupama Kapse
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Indiana University Press 02.04.2014
• Subjects: American studies; Anthropology; Applied anthropology; Behavioral sciences; Business; Cognitive psychology; Communications; Communications media; Cultural anthropology; Cultural industries; Cultural studies; Earth sciences; Entertainment industries; Ethnography; Ethnology; Film studies; Geography; Group behavior; History of the Americas; Human behavior; Industrial sectors; Industry; Memory; Motion picture industry; Movies; Moving images; Narratives; Nonconformity; North American history; Physical sciences; Psychology; Rebellion; Silent films; Social behavior; Social sciences; United States history; Visual materials

One of the most useful insights of scholarship that considers the conversion of 35mm films to 3D is the reminder that the latter’s appearance is not a mere novelty. Such revivals are not, as Kristen Whissel points out, a way of rescuing a seemingly threatened (U.S.) film industry in view of the comi...