Cinema
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| '''''L'arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat''''' ('''''The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station''''' is an [[1895 in film|1895]] [[France|French]] [[Short subject|short]] [[black-and-white]] [[silent film|silent]] [[documentary film]] directed and produced by [[Auguste and Louis Lumière]]. It was first screened on [[December 28]] [[1895]] in [[Paris]], [[France]], and was shown to a paying audience [[January 6]] [[1896]].]] | '''''L'arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat''''' ('''''The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station''''' is an [[1895 in film|1895]] [[France|French]] [[Short subject|short]] [[black-and-white]] [[silent film|silent]] [[documentary film]] directed and produced by [[Auguste and Louis Lumière]]. It was first screened on [[December 28]] [[1895]] in [[Paris]], [[France]], and was shown to a paying audience [[January 6]] [[1896]].]] | ||
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| + | '''Cinema''' may refer to: | ||
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| + | * [[Filmmaking]], the process of making a film | ||
| + | * [[Movie theater]], a building in which films are shown | ||
| - | :''The rise of cinema and "[[moving pictures]]" in the [[1900s|first decade of the 20th century]] gave Modernism an [[artform]] which was uniquely its own, but it was largely [[undervalued]] by the literary and art [[intelligentsia]]. --[[Sholem Stein]] on [[modernist film]]'' | ||
| - | ==Programming== | ||
| - | Movie theaters may be classified by the type of movies or when they are shown: | ||
| - | *''First-run theater'': A theater that runs primarily [[mainstream]] film fare from the major film companies and [[film distributor|distributors]], during the initial new release period of each film. | ||
| - | *''Second-run'' or ''discount theater'': A theater that runs films that have already shown in the first-run theaters and presented at a lower ticket price. (These are sometimes known as [[dollar theaters]] or "Cheap Seats".) | ||
| - | *''Repertoire/repertory theater'' or ''arthouse'' or ''[[revival house]]'': A theater that presents more alternative and [[art film]]s as well as second-run and classic films (often known as an "Independent Cinema" in the UK). | ||
| - | *A ''sex theater'' or ''adult theater'' specializes in showing [[pornographic movie]]s. | ||
| - | *A ''[[grindhouse]]'' which shows [[exploitation]] films | ||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
| + | * [[Cinematography]], the art of recording visual images | ||
| *[[Cinematic effects in literature]] | *[[Cinematic effects in literature]] | ||
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Cinema may refer to:
- Filmmaking, the process of making a film
- Movie theater, a building in which films are shown
See also
- Cinematography, the art of recording visual images
- Cinematic effects in literature
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