The Dream That Kicks
The Prehistory and Early Years of Cinema in Britain
Routledge, Second Edition, 1996
‘An extraordinary study of the cultural/ideological “site” of cinema at the moment of its birth.’
Encylclopaedia Britanica
‘It confronts – head on – the most basic questions of the aesthetics, economics, technology and ideology of cinema.’
Wide Angle
‘Not only is the book a careful study of early British cinema but it is equally an important exploration of what it means to write film history.’
Cine Tracts