Museum Movies The Museum of Modern Art and the Birth of Art Cinema

"Impeccably researched, lucidly argued, Haidee Wasson's book reveals MoMA's significant role in transforming film culture during the interwar years. Producing the first systematic study of the museum's relationship to cinema, she not only contributes original work to the field, but signals new directions in film historiography. This is a full-scale exploration of the rise of film as art and a timely intervention in historical research."--Barbara Klinger, Indiana University"No other publication has discussed the intellectual roots of a national film archive and its efforts to preserve and exhibit films in such detailed, explicit terms. Wasson makes a significant and unique contribution to the field."--Jan-Christopher Horak, editor of "The Moving ImageWasson, Haidee is the author of 'Museum Movies The Museum of Modern Art and the Birth of Art Cinema', published 2005 under ISBN 9780520227774 and ISBN 0520227778.