Book review: Oxfordshire Cinemas by Ian Meyrick

摘要

Readers may remember that last year Cinema Technology published a couple of letters from Ian Meyrick, who lives in Witney, Oxfordshire, asking for information to help him compile a book on the history of Oxfordshire cinemas. It was a nice surprise, therefore, to learn that the book is now complete, published by Tempus Publishing of Stroud, Gloucestershire, as part of its Images of England series. The softback cover has a pleasant 'sepia' look about it, and the 160 pages are packed with more than 160 black and white photographs and diagrams, with pictures of Oxfordshire cinemas from 1896 to the 2007, a truly comprehensive selection. Its a fairly cheap book at £12.99, so the reproduction and printing of the photographs is a little 'dull' when compared with what might have been possible if a more glossy approach had been chosen, but the fascinating content of the words and pictures more than makes up for this.