Film history between culture and economics: admission figures at the Capitole cinema (1953-1971) Ghent University
Traditionally film studies are focused on the stylistic, narrative and cultural history of cinema. Even with the acknowledgement that the movies were cultural yet commercial artefacts traded on a variety of film markets, contemporary film studies favour a socio-cultural film history as a niche. Our contribution examines local film culture based on the analysis of actual attendance figures from the major first-run cinema of Ghent, the Capitole, ...