Download or read book The Optical Vacuum written by Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2018 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the 1920s-1960s, American cinematic architecture underwent a seismic shift: movie theaters were neutralized for immersive watching, in large part by architect and writer Benjamin Schlanger. The Optical Vacuum examines how Schlanger reformed both theater and spectator, demonstrating that the essence of film viewing can be found in theatrical space.