In his latest book, William Paul, professor of film and media studies in Arts & Sciences, writes about the evolution of theater architecture and the varied ways movies have been shown. “Viewing a movie in the past was also an experience of architecture, an experience of both the film image and the grand theatrical space that contained it,” Paul writes. He discusses how the theater shapes movie styles, business practices and even film technologies.
When Movies Were Theater
Architecture, Exhibition, and the Evolution of American Film