José Antonio Pérez Bowie
Materiales para un sueño: en torno a la recepción del cine en España, 1896-1936.
Salamanca: Libreria Cervantes, 1996. 8485664825 163 pages.
Softcover volume, with flaps, measures approximately 6" x 8.75"and shows light shelfwear. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and bright.
"El conjunto de los textos seleccionados pretende sumergir al lector en el ambiente en que el cine es recibido y comienza a ser asimilado por los españoles del primer tercio del siglo, hacerle participe de las emociones de aquellas gentes que presencian sus primeros pasos y asisten día por día a su desarrollo hasta que alcanza -- mediante la adquisición de la palabra -- la mayoría de edad."
"This set of selected texts aims to immerse the reader in the environment in which cinema is received and begins to be assimilated by the Spaniards of the first third of the century, to expose the reader to the emotions of those people who witnessed the initial stages of cinema and were present day by day for its development until it reached -- through the acquisition of the spoken word -- the age of maturity."